Tramp Miner Lyrics - Rankin Family

I am a tramp miner, 

I've been for some time now 

I live without light of the day 

In the black underground that's where I'll be found 

Biding my time away, Oh working my life away 

From here out to Timmins, I've loved all your women 

In the taverns I drank down my pay 

But I'd do it again even though it's a sin 

For it's better than driving the raise 

If you've done it you'd know what I say 

So I'll roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the time and the wind 

Then I'll find my way back home again 

Homesickness, heartbreak 

And black lung among these men run rampant 

As there rockin' and rollin' 

High ballin' this country today 

I am a tramp miner, I've been for some time now 

I live without light of the day 

In a hole in the ground, they'll lower me down 

That'll be my final pay, for working my life away 

So I'll roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the wind 

Roll, roll with the time and the wind 

Then I'll find my way back home again