Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn

Well I was born a coal miner's daughter

In a cabin on a hill in butcher holler

We were poor but we had love

That's the one thing that daddy made sure of

He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar

Well I was born a coal miner's daughter

In a cabin on a hill in butcher holler

We were poor but we had love

That's the one thing that daddy made sure of

He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar

My daddy worked all night in the van leer coal mine

All day long in the field hoeing corn

Momma rocked the babies at night and read the bible by the coal oil light

Everything would start all over come break of morn'

Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay

Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day

Well I seen her fingers bleed to complain there was no need

She'd smile in mommy's understanding way

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear

But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair

From a mail order catalog money made from selling a hog

Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere

Yeah I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter

I remember well the well where I drew water

The work we done was hard at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired

I never thought of ever leaving butcher holler

Well a lot of things have changed since way back then

And it's so good to be back home again

Not much left but the floors nothing lives here anymore

Except the memories of a coal miner's daughter