Not so long ago,
just outside
Paris,
Arkansas, a young lady had
a mountain to climb.
Gonna climb up this mountain
Cause there's one thing I know
My daddy's in this mountain
Digging
Arkansas coal
Yes, I hear my momma callin' I'll
let her wait ten minutes more, she'll
be sore
Cause I like to lay on the ground and listen
To the sound of my daddy
diggin'
Arkansas coal
I was born in this mountain
Been down here since I
was nine years old
And I know some day I'll
die in this mountain
Diggin', diggin'
Arkansas,
Arkansas cold
Cold,
Arkansas cold
Married me a good man, back in 59
Knew he was an
Arkansas coal miner
An d that suited me fine
Got us a little daughter
She's only eight years old
Wishes she was a man
Like her daddy
Diggin'
Arkansas coal
Billy
Billy, get off of that mountain
Billy, you got to go to school
Billy, your mama and daddy
Ain't gonna raise you no natural fool
Ain't gonna raise you no
natural fool
Mama, why is the earth a -shakin'
Mama, is the world comin'
to an end
Mama, why are you cryin'
Is it another cave -in?
My
God, the rocks are fallin'
Ten thousand tons on my head
I knew some day this would happen
So this is how it feels to be dead
So this is how it feels to
be dead
I'm going to climb up that mountain,
because there's one thing I know, my daddy's in that
mountain.
Digging