I cant stay much longer, Melinda, the sun is getting high
I cant help you with your troubles, if you wont help with mine
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, I gotta get down to, to the mine
You keep me up just one more night, I cant sleep here no more
Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; you kept me up til four
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, or I cant work there no more
A lot of poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time
Some other fellas making nothing at all, and you can hear him cry
Can I go, buddy, can I go down take your shift at the mine?
Gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine
Gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine
Thats where I mainly spend my time
Make good money, five dollars a day
Made anymore, I might move away
Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues, he cant win for losing
Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again
I dont know now, I just dont know if Im going back again