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Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter |
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In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler |
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We were poor but we had love |
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That's the one thing that daddy made sure of |
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He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar |
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My daddy worked all night in the Van Leer coal mine |
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And all day long in the field a' hoeing corn |
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Momma rocked the babies at night and read the Bible by the coal oil light |
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And everything would start all over come break of morn' |
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Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay |
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Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day |
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Well, I seen her fingers bleed, to complain there was no need, |
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She'd smile in mommy's understanding way |
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In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear |
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But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair |
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From a mail order catalog, money made from selling a hog |
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Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere |
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Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter |
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I remember well the well where I drew water |
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The work we done was hard, at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired |
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I never thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler |
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Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then |
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And it's so good to be back home again |
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Not much left but the floors, nothing lives here anymore |
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Except the memories of a coal miner's daughter |
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Except the memories of a coal miner's daughter |