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