THE COAL MINER'S DREAM
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: THE DARKEST NIGHT I EVER KNEW
WAS ON KENTUCKY GROUND
I PASSED THE OLD MINE LATE AT NIGHT
AND I HEARD THAT DREADFUL SOUND
IT ECHOED LIKE THE HOUNDS OF HELL
WERE GATHERED ROUND TO SING
THE HELPLESS VICTIM ON HER KNEES
AMID THEM SHE DID CRINGE

VERSE 2: THEIR FANGS GREW RED AS BLOOD WAS SHED
AND MINGLED WITH THE DEW
THE MAIDEN LAY UPON THE GROUND
THERE WAS NAUGHT ELSE TO DO
AS I DREW CLOSE SHE RAISED HER HEAD
PRAY HELP ME, SIR, SHE CRIED
BUT AS I HAD NO WEAPON THERE
SHE DROPPED HER HEAD AND DIED

VERSE 3: THE HOUNDS OF HELL UPON MY HEELS
I FLED THE COAL AND SLATE
I PRAYED THE LORD TO TAKE MY SOUL
BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE
I RAN UP TO MY OWN FRONT DOOR
MY DEAR WIFE PULLED ME IN
"GET ON TO BED" THE LADY CRIED
YOU'VE DRANK TOO MUCH AGAIN