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I remember the ways in the bygone dayswhen we was all in our prime |
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When us and |
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John L. we give the old man helldown in the |
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Blue Diamond |
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MineWell the whistle would blow 'for the rooster crowfull two hours before daylight |
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When a man done his best and earned his good restat seven dollars a night |
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In the mines in the minesin the |
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Blue Diamond |
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MinesI worked my life away |
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In the mines in the mines |
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In the Blue |
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Diamond Mines |
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I fall on my knees and pray. |
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You old black gold you've taken my lungyour dust has darkened my home |
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And now I am old and you've turned your backwhere else can an old miner go |
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Well it's |
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Algomer Block and |
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Big Leather |
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Woodsnow its |
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Blue Diamond too |
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The bits are all closed get another jobwhat else can an old miner do? |
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Now the union is dead and they shake their headswell mining has had it's day |
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But they're stripping off my mountain topand they pay me eight dollars a day |
