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I'm a black lung miner from East Tennessee
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Raised my family on cold dust and beans
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That old black lung's got me no life left in me
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Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie
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For twenty-five years I've worked in the mines
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Where the earth is as black as a cold winter's night
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There's millions in the ground, not a penny for me
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Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie
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I've loved all my children, six sons of mine
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I pray that they never have to work in the mine
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For the black lung will get them, they'll die just like me
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Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie
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There's frost on the ground, ice in the trees
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The air is so heavy I can't hardly breathe
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For the old black lung's got me and soon I'll be free
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Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie
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Hang my lantern in the window, give my love to Marie
