Coal Miner's Daughter Lyrics - Singles - Loretta Lynn

Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter 

In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler 

We were poor, but we had love 

That's the one thing that Daddy made sure of 

He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar. 

My Daddy worked all night in the Vanleer coal mines 

All day long in the field a-hoin' corn 

Mommy rocked the babies at night 

And read the Bible by the coal-oil light 

And ever'thing would start all over come break of morn'. 

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Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay 

Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard ever' day 

Why, I've seen her fingers bleed 

To complain there was no need 

She'd smile in Mommy's understanding way. 

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear 

But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair 

From a mail order catalog 

Money made from sellin' a hog 

Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere. 

Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter 

I remember well - the well where I drew water 

The work we done was hard 

At night we'd sleep 'cause we worked hard 

I never thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler. 

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Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then 

And it's so good to be back home again 

Not much left but the floor 

Nothing lives here anymore 

Except the mem'ries of a coal miner's daughter.