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Baby don't you cry because momma's coming home

Poppa going bring you back some chitins and some corn

Last frost done took its loss right down to the bone

We're lucky we still got room to roam

Going there to here is almost at a halt

Don't you go off blaming God, you know it ain't his fault

One time when life was fine someone found the wine

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That still was the best damn still they ever did make

Wouldn't stand for nothing less, stand for no mistake

Last Fall we made a haul and filled the limestone mine

Cumberland Mountain Number Nine

Winter come a change

Spring bring the rain

We weren't meant to stay the same

One thing for sure

We done found the cure

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Black coal from the strip mine way up north at Jellico

Kept the brew running smooth along the Thunder Road

Way back down in Bear Tree Gap the devil's juice flowed fine

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The FB- and the TV- I had followed us for years

Eventually they got the scent and nabbed us by the hair

Man said son I'll blow up everything between your ears

You got to face bout 20 years