Last Day in the Mines

Last Day in the Mines - Dave Dudley

For as long as I can remember

I've worked down in this pit

But today it's all over

For this is the day I quit

I'm gonna take my sweet

Little Ginny and make her my own

We will move down in the valley

And built ourselves a home

This is the last day in the mines

Well I swing that pick move

That shovel and time goes so slow

I can hardly wait for

My boss to tell me that it's time to go

Up at the top I know my

Ginny is waiting patiently

In just a few minutes

I'll be there with her

And from the mines be free

This is my last day in the mines

Wait a minute what's that

Rumble way back in the ground

Good Lord it's a cave in

And the rocks are a fallin' all around

Now the timbers are breakin'

And the rats are runnin' and I can hardly see

Inside my chest there's a mighty

Burnin' and my strenght is leavin' me

This is the last day in the mines

For over that river through

That valley I see heaven's gates

This is my last day in the mines

This is my last day in the mines

Oh This is my last day in the mines