Union Songs

We Dig Coal

a song by ©2002

We are the younger generation
And we've been told
We are the backbone of the nation
Because we dig coal

Some people dig the opera
Some dig rock and roll
Some dig that
But we dig coal

Down the hole
And digging coal
Deep down the hole
We're digging coal
It's in our veins
It's in our souls
Because we dig coal

My old man was a miner
And grand dad he was too
Oh I remeber what they told me
Just what they do

They said
Some people dig the opera
Some dig rock and roll
Some dig that
But we dig coal

Down the hole
And digging coal
Deep down the hole
We're digging coal
It's in our veins
It's in our souls
Because we dig coal

Oh I'm working for a company
In a mining town
That woman of mine gets lonely
When I'm underground

Some people dig the opera
Some dig rock and roll
That lady of mine is digging time
When I dig coal

Down the hole
And digging coal
Deep down the hole
We're digging coal
It's in our veins
It's in our souls
Because we dig coal

It's in our veins
It's in our souls
Because we dig coal
We dig coal
We dig coal

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union songs..........a selection by mark gregory