Dust and Kerosene

Listen to full song :

Dust and Kerosene

Samuel rises in the dark

The stars still shining

Grabs a sledge and a chisel

Drops on down in the mine

Rises again at dusk

Eyes blind in the fading light

Smells like dust and kerosene

He’ll live and die in the night

From the hills of West Virginia

To the fires of Carolina

Those northern winds will keep on blowing

But that Bristol coal just keeps on glowing

When your bones are cold

Coal is more precious than gold

John Henry had his hammer

Samuel has his shovel and his coal

He’ll never stop digging

Deeper down in that hole

From the hills of West Virginia

To the fires of Carolina

Those northern winds keep on blowing

That Bristol coal keeps on glowing

When your bones are cold

Coal is more precious than gold

Those company men

Never stop watching

Never stop counting

The debt he owes

One fine spring dawn

Those he loves the best

They’ll sing “The Old Rugged Cross”

And lay him down to rest

From the hills of West Virginia

To the fires of Carolina

Those northern winds keep on blowing

That Bristol coal keeps on glowing

When your bones are cold

Coal is more precious than gold

When your bones are cold

Coal is more precious than gold