Kentucky Minder's Wife (Ragged Hungry Blues) Pt. 1

歌詞

Part I I'm sad and weary, I've got the hungry ragged blues I'm sad and weary, I've got the hungry ragged blues Not one penny in the pocket to buy one thing I need to use I woke up this morning with the worst blues I ever had in my life I woke up this morning with the worst blues I ever had in my life Not a bite to cook for breakfast, poor coal miner's wife When my husband works in the coal mines he loads a car most every trip When my husband works in the coal mines he loads a car most every trip Then he goes to the office at the evening and gets denied his scrip Just because it took all he made that day to pay his mine expense Just because it took all he made that day to pay his mine expense A man that'll work for coalite and carbide ain't got a lick of sense Part II All the women in this coal camp are sitting with bowed-down heads All the women in this coal camp are sitting with bowed-down heads Ragged and barefooted, and their children a-cryin' for bread This mining town I live in is a dead and lonely place All the women in this coal camp are sitting with bowed-down heads Where pity and starvation are pictured on every face Oh, don't go under that mountain with the slate hanging over your head Don't go under that mountain with the slate hanging over your head And work for just coalite and carbide and our children a-crying for bread Oh, listen, friends and workers, please take a friend's advice Oh, listen, friends and workers, please take a friend's advice Don't' load no more, don't pull no more, till you get a living price