Light the Fuse

"Light the fuse!

Get back!"

I heard the mine boss say

"We've gotta save the lives of a hundred men today"

I heard the whistle and we knew what it meant

I had to hurry 'cause there'd been an accident

There was a cave-in down in shaft number nine

And men were dyin' way down deep in that mine

"Light the fuse!

Get back!"

I heard the mine boss say

"We've gotta save the lives of a hundred men today"

I saw a cryin' woman and I heard her bravely say

"He's all I've got so please, dig him out that grave

Every little one's home asleep at bed

I can't go home and tell them their daddy's dead"

"Light the fuse!

Get back!"

I heard the mine boss say

"We've gotta save the lives of a hundred men today"

"Light the fuse!

Get back!"

I heard the mine boss say

"We've gotta save the lives of a hundred men today"

I won't forget that night if I live a hundred years

And how those brave men died and left their women in tears

Grown up are the little ones that were fast asleep

Now they take their daddy's place

Down in that mine so deep

"Light the fuse!

Get back!

Find a place to hide!

Don't forget that fateful day our daddy died"

"Light the fuse!

Get back!

Find a place to hide!

Don't forget that fateful day our daddy died"