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 the mine
Keep me up just one more night, I cant sleep here no more
Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; you kept me up till 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