Brave Boys

Well it's over the hills and around we go

Bound to go, down we go

Digging up the devil in jellico

Rocking in the weary land

Hang your number on a nail and hold the line

It's hard times in the coal mine

Take one last look at that sunshine

And follow them boys on in

Brave boys here, brave boys there

Hey ho the brave boys rocking in the weary land

Gals fill the whiskey jar, kiss your loving man

Hey ho the brave boys rocking in the weary land

Here's to old black Pete and spanish joe

They sleep five thousand feet below

We laid their bones on a bed of coal

Rocking in the weary land

And the bog head boys they dug for a dollar

'Til the roof caved in you could hear them holler

Went in six feet came out a bit smaller

Rocking in the weary land

Brave boys here, brave boys there

Hey ho the brave boys rocking in the weary land

Gals fill the whiskey jar, kiss your loving man

Hey ho the brave boys rocking in the weary land

Brave boys, hey ho

Brave boys, hey ho

So it's goodbye gals we've got to go

Cause a miner's life is all we know

Just to make a little dough way down in a hole

Rocking in the weary land

And it's when we die neath six feet of rubble

You can bury our bones with a pick and a shovel

Tell old king coal we're a heap worth of trouble

Rocking in the weary land

Brave boys here, brave boys there

Hey ho the brave boys rocking in the weary land

Gals fill the whiskey jar, kiss your loving man

Hey ho the brave boys rocking in the weary land

Hey ho the brave boys rocking in the weary land

Brave boys, hey ho