For as long as I can remember
I've worked down in this pit
But today it's all over for
this is the day I quit
I'm gonna take my sweet little Ginny
and make her my own
We gonna move down in the
valley and built ourselves a home
This is the last day in the mines
[ guitar ]
Well I swing that pick move that shovel
and time goes so slow
I can hardly wait for my boss to tell
me that it's time to go
Up at the top I know my
Ginny is waiting patiently
In just a few minutes I'll be there with
her and from the mines be free
This is the last day in the mines
[ guitar ]
But wait a minute what's that rumble
way back in the ground
Good Lord it's a cave in and the
rocks are a fallin' all around
Now the timbers are breakin' and the rats
are runnin' and I can hardly see
Inside my chest there's a mighty burnin'
and my strength is leavin' me
This is the last day in the mines
[ guitar ]
Beneath these rocks and timbers
and with my strength all gone
My thoughts turn to Ginny I
must leave her all alone
I know they'll try to save me but
they gonna be too late
For over that river through that
valley I see heaven's gates
This is the last day in the mines
Oh this is the last day in the mines
this is the last day in the mines