Last Day In The Mines Lyrics - Dave Dudley

For as long as I can remember I've worked down in this pit 

But today it's all over for this is the day I quit 

I'm gonna take my sweet little Ginny and make her my own 

We gonna move down in the valley and built ourselves a home 

This is the last day in the mines 

[ guitar ] 

Well I swing that pick move that shovel and time goes so slow 

I can hardly wait for my boss to tell me that it's time to go 

Up at the top I know my Ginny is waiting patiently 

In just a few minutes I'll be there with her and from the mines be free 

This is the last day in the mines 

[ guitar ] 

But wait a minute what's that rumble way back in the ground 

Good Lord it's a cave in and the rocks are a fallin' all around 

Now the timbers are breakin' and the rats are runnin' and I can hardly see 

Inside my chest there's a mighty burnin' and my strenght is leavin' me 

This is the last day in the mines 

[ guitar ] 

Beneath these rocks and timbers and with my strenght all gone 

My thoughts turn to Ginny I must leave her all alone 

I know they'll try to save me but they gonna be too late 

For over that river through that valley I see heaven's gates 

This is the last day in the mines 

Oh this is the last day in the mines this is the last day in the mines