Biography:
Jean Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player. Became known as "The Mother of Folk". As well as work songs and ballads, Jean knew hymns from the "Regular Baptist" church she attended in Jeff, Kentucky. These were sung as "lining out" songs, in a lingering soulful way. One of the songs they sang was Amazing Grace. She wrote some songs, including one on the effects of strip mining in Kentucky.
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Say, did you see him walking? it was early this morning
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He passed by your house on his way to the coal
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He was tall, he was slender, and his blue eyes so tender
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His occupation was mining, West Virginia his home
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It was just about noon, I was feeding the children
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Ben Moseley come running for to give us the news
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Number eight is all flooded, many men are in danger
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And we don't know their number, but we fear they're all gone
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So I picked up the baby and I left all the others
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For to comfort each other and pray for our own
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There's Tommy, fourteen, and there's John not much younger
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Soon their own time will be coming to go down the black hole
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Now what will I say to his poor little children?
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And what will I tell his dear mother at home?
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And what will I say to my poor heart that's clear broken?
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To My heart that's clear broken if my baby is gone
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Now if I had the money to do more than just feed them
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I'd give them good learning, the best could be found
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So when they grew up they'd be checkers and weighers
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And not spend their life digging in (drawn out) the dark underground
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Say, did you see him walking? it was early this morning
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He passed by your house on his way to the coal
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He was tall, he was slender, and his blue eyes so tender
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His occupation was mining, West Virginia his home
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Say, did you see him walking? it was early this morning
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He passed by your house on his way to the coal
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He was tall, he was slender, and his blue eyes so tender
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His occupation was mining, West Virginia his home
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It was just about noon, I was feeding the children
F# E B C#m
Ben Moseley come running for to give us the news
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Number eight is all flooded, many men are in danger
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And we don't know their number, but we fear they're all gone
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So I picked up the baby and I left all the others
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For to comfort each other and pray for our own
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There's Tommy, fourteen, and there's John not much younger
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Soon their own time will be coming to go down the black hole
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Now what will I say to his poor little children?
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And what will I tell his dear mother at home?
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And what will I say to my poor heart that's clear broken?
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To My heart that's clear broken if my baby is gone
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Now if I had the money to do more than just feed them
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I'd give them good learning, the best could be found
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So when they grew up they'd be checkers and weighers
A Bm B F#m
And not spend their life digging in (drawn out) the dark underground
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Say, did you see him walking? it was early this morning
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He passed by your house on his way to the coal
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He was tall, he was slender, and his blue eyes so tender
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His occupation was mining, West Virginia his home
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