Nine Pound Hammer

Roll on buddy Don't you roll so slow How can I roll when the wheels won't go? Up in East Kentucky around Harlan and Perry County The coal miner sings a little song called, The Nine Pound Hammer Now just picture yourself a-driving four inch spikes In hard black oak track ties About five miles back under the mountain Where the top's so low in the mines That you can't straighten up to rest your back just for a minute And lots of time, the air gets so foul back there That you just can't get a good deep breath This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy For my size Honey, for my size I'm going on the mountain, gonna see my baby But I ain't coming back Oh well, I ain't coming back Roll on buddy Don't you roll so slow How can I roll when the wheels won't go? Roll on buddy, pull a load of coal How can I pull when the wheels won't roll? It's a long way to Harlan It's a long way to Hazard Just to get a little brew, just to get a little brew When I'm long gone, you can make my tombstone Out of a number nine coal, out of a number nine coal Roll on buddy Don't you roll so slow How can I roll when the wheels won't go? Roll on buddy, pull a load of coal How can I pull when wheels won't roll? Roll on buddy Don't you roll so slow How can I roll when the wheel won't go?