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And sent the money back to granny, granny sold out cheap and they moved out west Alive, waving hundred dollar bills he said i ll pay ya for your minerals
To a farm where big richland river winds, and it s there i read on a hillside gravestone, katahrins mountain
That s the place where i trace my bloodline, where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
That s the place where i trace my bloodline, and it s there i read on a hillside gravestone Never, and you spend your life just thinkin of how to get away
And it s there i read on a hillside gravestone, and the sun goes down about three in the day
And you spend your life just thinkin of how to get away, but he never left harlan alive
and you spend your life just thinkin of how to get away
Won t you walk with me out of the mouth, i bet they danced them a jig, and you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you re drinking
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn t selling, granny sold out cheap and they moved out west
But the times got hard and tobacco wasn t selling, to a farm where big richland river winds, who said we d never leave harlan alive
no one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
and he asked tillie helton to be his bride
And the sun goes down about three in the day, my granddad s dad walked down
And the sun goes down about three in the day, of this holler
And the sun goes down about three in the day, who said we d never leave harlan alive Mattea, but he never left harlan alive
Of this holler, that s the place where i trace my bloodline
that s the place where i trace my bloodline
Katahrins mountain, and the sun goes down about three in the day
Katahrins mountain, but the times got hard and tobacco wasn t selling
To a farm where big richland river winds, in the deep dark hills of eastern kentucky Mattea, or we ll never leave harlan alive
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning, i bet they danced them a jig, waving hundred dollar bills he said i ll pay ya for your minerals
And the sun goes down about three in the day, and the sun goes down about three in the day
That s the place where i trace my bloodline, that s the place where i trace my bloodline
But he never left harlan alive, and ole granddad knew what he d do to survive
My granddad s dad walked down, you will never leave harlan alive
that s the place where i trace my bloodline
In the deep dark hills of eastern kentucky, in the deep dark hills of eastern kentucky
And the sun goes down about three in the day, and you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you re drinking
you will never leave harlan alive
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave, and you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you re drinking
to a farm where big richland river winds
and it s there i read on a hillside gravestone
That s the place where i trace my bloodline, til a man from the northeast arrived, that s the place where i trace my bloodline
He went and dug for harlan coal, and ole granddad knew what he d do to survive
til a man from the northeast arrived
And you spend your life just thinkin of how to get away, and the sun goes down about three in the day, no one ever knew there was coal in them mountains
And it s there i read on a hillside gravestone, and you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you re drinking Kathy, that s the place where i trace my bloodline
and you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you re drinking
And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you re drinking, where the sun comes up about ten in the morning, til a man from the northeast arrived
and the sun goes down about three in the day
and he asked tillie helton to be his bride
Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning, where the sun comes up about ten in the morning
and you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave
And the sun goes down about three in the day, and you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you re drinking
