Poor hardworking miners, their troubles are great So often while working, they meet a sad fate Killed by some accident, there's no one to tell Their mining's all over, poor miner farewell Only a miner, killed under the ground Only a miner, but one more is gone Only a miner, but one more is gone Leaving his wife and four children alone Leaving his little ones out on the street Tired and hungry with nothing to eat Momma is jobless and papa is dead They're coal miners' children, begging for bread Only a miner, killed under the ground Only a miner, but one more is gone Only a miner, but one more is gone Leaving his wife and four children alone When I'm in Kentucky, so often I'll meet Coal miners' children out on the street What are you doing, to them I have said We're coal miners's children, begging for bread Only a miner, killed under the ground Only a miner, but one more is gone Only a miner, but one more is gone Leaving his wife and four children alone Their mining's all over Coal miner farewell