Grandpa Jones — Dark As a Dungeon

[Verse 1] Come listen you fellow, so young and so fine And seek not your fortune In the dark dreary mine It will form as a habit, and seep in your soul 'til the stream of your blood is As black as the coal [Chorus] It's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew Where the danger is double, and the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine [Verse 2] It's a many a man I've seen in my day Who lives just to labor His whole life away Like a fiend with his dope And a drunkard his wine A man will have lust for The lure of the mine [Chorus] It's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew Where the danger is double, and the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine [Verse 3] I hope when I'm gone And the ages shall roll My body will blacken And turn into coal Then I look from my door Of my heavenly home, and pity the miner A diggin' my bones [Chorus] It's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew Where the danger is double, and the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine