Dark As a Dungeon

It's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew Where the dangers are doubled And the pleasures are few Come all you young fellas So brave and so fine And seek not your fortune Way down in the mines It will form as a habit Seep in your soul To the stream of your blood Runs as black as the coal Well it's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew Where the dangers are doubled And the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls Sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mines There's many a man I've seen in my day Who'll live just to labor His whole life away Like a fiend with his dog A drunkard his wine A man will have lust for the lure of the mine Well it's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew Where the dangers are doubled And the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls Sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mines Well it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines Well it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines Well it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines