Down in the Mine by Catherine Palmer Paton
Down, down, down in the mine
Down in the mine below
Down, down, down in the mine
Cries the anguished soul
Set me free from this darkness
Set me free into the light
Set me free from this longest, lonesome,
Tiresome, troublin’ sight
Lost under earth and stone
Lost, forsaken, alone
Far from the ones I love and
The place that I call home
Set me free from this darkness
Set me free into the light
Set me free from this longest, lonesome,
Tiresome, troublin’ night
Gone are my joy and hope
Gone are the ones I love
Gone I soon will be
Without a miracle from above
Set me free from this darkness
Set me free into the light
Set me free from this longest, lonesome,
Tiresome, troublin’ plight
Gone goes my heart and mind
Gone my body will be
Gone all my hands can hold
And loved ones young and old
I’ll be free from this darkness
Set free into the light
At last free from this longest, lonesome
Tiresome troublin’ fight