The Mountain Lyrics - Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm

I was born on this mountain a long time ago 

Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the 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 

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 and woke up to find 

That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine 

I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home 

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 and 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 theres ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed 

I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home 

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