The Mountain

I was born on this mountain

A long time ago

Before they knocked down

The timber and the strip-mined coal

When you rose in the mornin'

Before it was light

To go down in that dark hole

And come back up at night

I was born on this mountain

This mountain's my home

And she holds me and keeps me

From worry and woe

Well, they took everything

That she gave, now they're gone

But I'll die on this mountain

This mountain's my home

I was young on this mountain

But now I am old

And I knew every holler

Every cool swimmin' hole

'Til one night I lay down

Woke up to find

That my childhood was over

And went down in the mine

I was born on this mountain

This mountain's my home

And she holds me and keeps me

From worry and woe

Well, they took everything

That she gave, now they're gone

But I'll die on this mountain

This mountain's my home

There's a hole in this mountain

It's dark and it's deep

And God only knows

All the secrets it keeps

There's a chill in the air

Only miners can feel

And there's ghosts in the tunnels

That the company sealed

I was born on this mountain

This mountain's my home

And she holds me and keeps me

From worry and woe

Well, they took everything

That she gave, now they're gone

But I'll die on this mountain

This mountain's my home