The Mountain

I was born on this mountain a long time ago Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal When you rose in the mornin' before it was light To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave - now they're gone But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home I was young on this mountain but now I am old And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole ‘Til one night I lay down and woke up to find That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave - now they're gone But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep And God only knows all the secrets it keeps There's a chill in the air only miners can feel And there’s ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave - now they're gone But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home