The Dying Miner-Woody Guthrie

[ti:The Dying Miner] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Backup the Best of Woody Guthrie] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Dying Miner - Woody Guthrie [00:06.93]It happened an hour ago [00:09.39] [00:10.13]Way down in this tunnel of coal [00:12.50] [00:13.70]Gas caught fire from somebody's lamp [00:16.52]And the miners are choking in smoke [00:18.84] [00:20.43]Goodbye to Dickie and Honey [00:22.94] [00:23.57]Goodbye to the wife that I love [00:26.05] [00:27.01]Lot of these men not coming home [00:29.90]Tonight when the work whistle blows [00:31.85] [00:34.38]Dear sisters and brothers goodbye [00:36.77] [00:37.63]Dear mother and father goodbye [00:39.95] [00:40.69]My fingers are weak and [00:42.26]I cannot write [00:43.70]Goodbye Centralia goodbye [00:45.43] [00:50.03]It looks like the end for me [00:52.08] [00:52.91]And all of my buddies I see [00:55.38] [00:56.12]We're all writing letters to [00:57.66]Children we love [00:58.91]Please carry our word to our wives [01:01.56] [01:03.08]We found a little place in the air [01:05.55] [01:06.49]Crawled and drug ourselves here [01:08.62] [01:09.30]But the smoke is bad and [01:10.99]The fumes coming in [01:12.47]And the gas is burning my eyes [01:14.73] [01:17.02]Dear sisters and brothers goodbye [01:19.55] [01:20.19]Dear mother and father goodbye [01:22.64] [01:23.26]My fingers are weak and I cannot write [01:26.09]Goodbye Centralia goodbye [01:28.66] [01:33.21]Forgive me for the things I done wrong [01:35.39] [01:36.14]I love you lots more than you know [01:38.46] [01:39.15]When the night whistle blows and [01:40.76]I don't come home [01:42.08]Do all that you can to help mom [01:44.41] [01:45.93]I can hear the moans and groans [01:48.40] [01:49.00]More than a hundred good men [01:51.23] [01:51.91]Just work and fight and try to see [01:54.85]That this never happens again [01:57.38] [01:58.12]Dear sisters and brothers goodbye [02:00.46] [02:01.06]Dear mother and father goodbye [02:03.43] [02:04.06]My fingers are weak and I cannot write [02:07.01]Goodbye Centralia goodbye [02:09.48] [02:11.01]My eyes are blinded with fumes [02:13.36] [02:14.72]But it sounds like the men are all gone [02:16.92] [02:17.69]Cept Joe Valentini [02:18.56] [02:19.08]Fred Gussler and George [02:20.78]Trapped down in this hell hole of fire [02:23.15] [02:25.37]Please name our new baby Joe [02:27.70] [02:28.30]So he'll grow up like big Joe [02:30.62] [02:31.35]He'll work and he'll fight and [02:32.68]He'll fix up the mines [02:34.10] [02:34.91]So fire can't kill daddy no more [02:38.32] [02:39.01]Dear sisters and brothers goodbye [02:41.31] [02:41.89]Dear mother and father goodbye [02:44.15] [02:44.86]My fingers are weak and I cannot write [02:48.12]Goodbye Centralia goodbye