Some blues are so blue, they are the miner's blues
Some blues are so blue, they are the miner's blues
My troubles are coming by threes and by twos
Blues and more blues, these old miner's blues
Blues and more blues, these old miner's blues
I must have sharpened these picks that I use
Blues and more blues, dirty coal black blues
Blues and more blues, dirty coal black blues
My place might cave in, and my life I might lose
Blues and more blues, dirty coal black blues
Blues and more blues, dirty coal black blues
Coal in my hair and coal in my shoes
Some blues are so blue, they are the miner's blues
Some blues are so blue, they are the miner's blues
We'll lay off tomorrow with this coal miner's blues
Traditional, adapted and arranged by Derroll Adams
(as it appears on the album Movin' On)