Lyrics
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
Writer(s): Merle Travis
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