When I Was a Miner, A Hard-Rock Miner

DESCRIPTION: "When I was a miner, a hard-rock miner, Down in a deep dark mine... My contract drift was paying fine. But soon I grew weary, My eyes got getting bleary... So to dodge the undertaker, I turned a moonshine maker, And gave up the deep, dark mine."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Western Folklore, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: mining hardtimes injury disease drink
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 145, "When I Was a Miner, A Hard-Rock Miner" (1 short text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "When You Wore a Tulip" (tune) and references there
File: LDC145

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