The Mountain

I was born on this mountain, a long time ago

Before they knocked down the timber and they strip-mined the coal

When you rose in the mornin', before it was light

To go down in that dark hole, come back up at night

I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

And 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, now I am old

And I knew every hollow, every cool swimmin' hole

'Til one night I lay down and woke up to find

That my childhood was over, I went down in the mine

I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

And 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, 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're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed

I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

And 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