Coal Miner's Daughter
Loretta Lynn Lyrics

Well, I was borned a coal miner's daughter
I was born into a family where my father worked in the coal mines.

In a cabin, on a hill in Butcher Holler
Our home was a small cabin located on a hill in Butcher Holler.

We were poor but we had love
Although we were poor, we had love in our family.

That's the one thing that daddy made sure of
My father made sure that we always had love in our family.

He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar
My father worked hard in the coal mines to earn a living for our family.

My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mines
My father worked overnight in the Van Lear coal mines.

All day long in the field a hoin' corn
During the day, my father would work in the fields to grow corn.

Mommy rocked the babies at night
My mother would rock the babies to sleep at night.

And read the Bible by the coal oil light
At night, my mother would read the Bible by the light of the coal oil lamp.

And ever' thing would start all over come break of morn'
Every day would start over again when the morning came.

Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay
My father loved and raised eight children on the salary he earned from his job as a miner.

Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day
My mother washed our clothes every day on a washboard.

Why, I've seen her fingers bleed
I have seen my mother's fingers bleed from washing clothes on a washboard.

To complain, there was no need
My mother never complained about washing clothes on a washboard, she just did what needed to be done.

She'd smile in mommy's understanding way
My mother would smile in her kind and understanding way.

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear
During the summertime, we didn't have shoes to wear.

But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair
During the wintertime, we would all get a new pair of shoes.

From a mail order catalog
We would order our shoes from a mail order catalog.

Money made from selling a hog
We would sell a hog to earn the money needed to buy our shoes.

Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere
My father always found a way to get the money needed to buy our shoes.

Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter
I am proud to be the daughter of a coal miner.

I remember well, the well where I drew water
I remember the well where we would draw water.

The work we done was hard
The work we did was difficult and required a lot of physical labor.

At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired
At night, we would sleep because we were tired from the hard work we did during the day.

Never thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler
We never thought about leaving Butcher Holler, our home.

Well, a lot of things have changed since a way back then
Many things have changed since that time.

Ah, and it's so good to be back home again
It feels good to be back home again.

Not much left but the floors, nothing lives here anymore
Only the floors remain, there is nothing living here anymore.

'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter
The only thing that remains are the memories of a coal miner's daughter.

'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter
The only thing that remains are the memories of a coal miner's daughter.