My brother was a Springfield Mountain coal miner He had three young children and a darling wife But last night there was a rumble on the mountain Shaft number three came down and took his life   Shaft number three came down and took his life Thirty miners died down in that cave-in Thirteen times we've brought the wagons down There's twenty graves we'll be digging in the churchyard Ten more in the mountains underground  Ten more in the mountains underground   Lay down dear brother Daddy's gonna take you home Mamma's right behind you to take you home Where the cold wind blows               And my sister was a coal miner's daughter My daddy was a coal miner's son My family's lived and died on this mountain Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come   Down in the ground where the sun don't ever come One more year I'll be ready for the coal mine One more year and I'll be going down But every night when I pass by that mountain I cry to see my brother underground  Yes I cry to see my brother underground Lay down dear brother Daddy's gonna take you home Mamma's right behind you to take you home Where the cold wind blows  Lay down dear brother Daddy's gonna take you home Mamma's right behind you to take you home Where the cold wind blows   She's gonna take you home   Where the cold wind blows