Miner's Life, The

DESCRIPTION: "I am a poor old miner, my race is nearly run, Like many of my comrades, my mining days are done." He had to start working when young when his father ied. He worked up to be a miner, but now that he is old, he has to go back to easier work that pays less
AUTHOR: Jack Johnson (source: Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch); supposedly written 1884
KEYWORDS: mining hardtimes work money age
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 275-276, "The Miner's Life" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" (tune) and references there
File: KMMP275

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