Loretta Lynn Coalminers Doughter lyrics

Coalminer's Doughter

Well I was born a coalminer's doughter

In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler

We were poor but we had love

That's a one thing that daddy make sure of

He shuffled coal to make poor mans dollar

Well my daddy worked all night on a coalmine

All day long in the field a'howing corn

Mummy rocked the babes at night

And red the bible by the candle light

And everything would start from break 'till dawn

Well my daddy loved us kids on a miners pay

And mummy scrubed dark clothes on a washboard every day

Well I'd seen her fingers bleed

To complain there was no need

She always smiled on mummies understanding way
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In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear

But in the wintertime we'd all got a brand new pair

From Salina to Cattlemorn money made from sellin'a horn

Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere

Well I'm proud to be a coalminer's doughter

I remember well the well were I've drawn waters

Well the work we've done was hard

At night we slept 'cause we were tired

I'd never thought I'd ever leave on Butcher Holler

Well a lot of things have change since I went back then

And it's so good to be to be back home again

Not so much love any more not the leasure any more

Exept the memories of a coalminer's doughter