Coal Miner's Daughter lyrics

Well I was born the coal miner's daughter

In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler

We were poor but we had love

That's the one thing that daddy made sure of

He shovel coal to make a poor man's dollar.

My daddy worked all night in the Vanleer coal mine

All day long in the field hoein' corn

Mommie rocked the baby that night

And read the Bible by the coal oil light

And everything would start all over come break of morn.

Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay

Mommie scrubbed our clothes on a washboard everyday

Why I've seen her fingers bleed

To complain there was no need

She's smiled in mommie's understanding way.

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear

But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair

From a mail order catalogue

Money made by selling a hog

Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere.

Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter

I remember well the well where I drew water

The work we done was hard

At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired

I never thought I'd ever leave the Butcher Holler

But a lots of things have changed since the way back then

And it's so good to be back home again

Not much left but the floor

Nothing lives there anymore

Just the mem'ries of a coal miner's daughter.

• Artist:Loretta Lynn