Intro: 

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Verse 1:    

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It was April 27 in the year of 91 
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Bout a mile below the surface and the warm kentucky sun 
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The late shift was ending and the early shift was late. 
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The foreman ate his dinner from a dirty tin plate 

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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,  
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 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time.  
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 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,  
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 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal,  
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 2: 

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The slag pits were steamin' it was 7:25,  
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Every miner worked the coal face, every one of them alive 
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The train came round the corner, you could hear the tressel groan,  
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But the switcher wasn't listnin' so he left the switch alone! 

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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,  
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 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time.  
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 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,  
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 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal,  
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 3: 

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Well the walls began to tremble and the men began to yell 
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They could hear that lonesome whistle, like an echo out of...well 
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They dropped their picks and shovels, as to safety they did run 

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For to stay among the living in the year of ninety-one 

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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,  
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 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time.  
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 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,  
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 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal,  
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.


Verse 4: 

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An Irishman named Murphy said "I'll stop that iron horse!"  
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And he stood to athwart it's passage, and it crushed him dead of course. 
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And I hope he hears the irony when e're this tale is told,  
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The train that took his life was burning good Kentucky coal, (Hey!) 

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 Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine,  
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 Brothers and sisters what a terrible time.  
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 Ole 97 went in the wrong hole,  
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 Now in mine number 60 there's blood on the coal,  
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Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.