The tough sturdy miner works hard for his pay
He works through the night and most of the day
But there's no-one works harder way down in the ground
Than Billy the pit horse, a slave to the mine

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It's dark as a dungeon, it's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

Therе's many a pretty girl I've known in my life
Who livеd just to be a coal miner's wife
A coal miner's wife must be hardy and strong
And should never worry if things should go wrong

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It's dark as a dungeon, it's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

Now, come all ye young fellas, your fortune you see
Don't bury yourselves in the mine so deep
It forms as a hammer and seeps in your soul
Till the blood in your veins runs as the black as the coal
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It's dark as a dungeon, it's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

I hope when I die and the ages shall roll
My body will blacken and turn into coal
And then I'll look down from my heavenly home
And pity the miner a-diggin' my bones

[Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon, it's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines