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Dark As a Dungeon Lyrics by Grandpa Jones

Country Music Hall Of Fame Series: Grandpa Jones

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[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
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Grandpa Jones

Grandpa Jones

About “Dark As a Dungeon” by Grandpa Jones

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"Dark As a Dungeon" appears on "Country Music Hall Of Fame Series: Grandpa Jones".

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