Arkansas Coal (Suite) Songtext
von Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

Gonna climb up this mountain
′Cause there's one thing I know
My daddy′s in this mountain
Digging Arkansas coal

Yes I hear my momma calling
I'll let her wait ten minutes more
She'll be sold
′Cause I like to lay on the ground
′N listen to the sound of my daddy
Digging Arkansas coal

I was born in this mountain
Been down here since I was
Nine years old

And I know someday I'll
Die in this mountain
Digging, digging
Arkansas, Arkansas coal

Arkansas coal


Married me a good man
Back in ′59
Knew he was an Arkansas coal miner
And that suited me fine

Got us a little daughter
She's only eight years old
Wishes she was a man like her daddy
Digging Arkansas coal

Billy, get off of that mountain
Billy, you got to go to school
Billy, your momma and daddy
Ain′t gonna raise you no natural fool

Ain't gonna raise you no natural fool

Momma, why is the earth shaking
Momma, is the world coming to an end
Momma, why are you crying
Is it another cave in

My God, the rocks are falling
Ten thousand tons on my head
I knew someday this would happen
So this is how it feels to be dead

So this is how it feels to be dead

Digging Arkansas coal