Workin In The Coal Mine:Lee Dorsey.
#8 in Billboard & #5 R&B Charts in 1966.
CHORUS/INTRO:
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
#1.
Five o clock in the mornin ..I m already up and gone.
Lord, I am so tired..how long can this go on?
That I m....
CHORUS:
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
#2.
Cause I make a little money..haulin coal by the ton..
but when Saturday rolls around..I m too tired for havin fun.
I m just....
CHORUS:
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
Lord, I m so tired..how long can this go on?
CHORUS:
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
#3.
Five o clock in the mornin ..I m already up and gone.
Lord, I am so tired..how long can this go on?
That I m....
CHORUS:
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
#4.
Cause I make a little money..haulin coal by the ton..
but when Saturday rolls around..I m too tired for havin fun.
I m livin and just....
CHORUS:
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
Workin in a coal mine, goin down, down, down.
Workin in a coal mine..whoop, about to slip down.
OUTRO:
Lord, I m so tired..how long can this go on?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
