I'm sad and weary, I've got the hungry ragged blues
I'm sad and weary, I've got the hungry ragged blues
Not one penny in the pocket to buy one thing I need to use
I woke up this morning with the worst blues I ever had in my life
I woke up this morning with the worst blues I ever had in my life
Not a bite to cook for breakfast, poor coal miner's wife
When my husband works in the coal mines he loads a car most every trip
When my husband works in the coal mines he loads a car most every trip
Then he goes to the office at the evening and gets denied his scrip
Just because it took all he made that day to pay his mine expense
Just because it took all he made that day to pay his mine expense
A man that'll work for coalite and carbide ain't got a lick of sense