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Loading Coal
2,324
Country
Loading Coal was released on March 21, 2014 by Columbia Nashville Legacy as a part of the album The Classic Albums Collection
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Release DateMarch 21, 2014
LabelColumbia Nashville Legacy
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM174

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My pappy said when I was seventeen
You're six feet tall and your face is clean
And it don't look right for a boy that old
To not make a livin' loadin' coal
[Verse 2]
Loadin' coal, loadin' coal
I'm a double first cousin to a dad blamed mole
Never get rich for to save my soul
And forty 'leven years a loadin' coal
Loadin' coal
[Verse 3]
Ain't never got acquainted with a dollar bill
And I don't ever reckon that I ever will
A dollar ain't made for a fellar I'm told
That scoops up a livin' loadin' coal
[Verse 4]
Loadin' coal, loadin' coal
I'm a double first cousin to a dad blamed mole
Never get rich for to save my soul
And forty 'leven years a loadin' coal
Loadin' coal
[Verse 5]
I cussed everything in the mining camp
From a shovel and my pick to my carbide lamp
But I know mighty well till I grow old
I'll still be a cussin' but loadin' coal
[Verse 6]
Loadin' coal, loadin' coal
I'm a double first cousin to a dad blamed mole
Never get rich for to save my soul
And forty 'leven years a loadin' coal
Loadin' coal
[Verse 7]
I know just as well as coal is black
One of these days the mines were strike
And I'll sit around starvin' till I'm finally told
There's a nickel more a ton for loadin' coal
[Verse 8]
Loadin' coal, loadin' coal
I'm a double first cousin to a dad blamed mole
Never get rich for to save my soul
And forty 'leven years a loadin' coal
Loadin' coal
Loadin' coal
Loadin' coal
Written by: Merle Travis
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