I don't know now, I just don't know
If I'm goin' back again
A lotta poor man make five dollar bill
You kept me up 'till four
That keeps him happy all the time
Can I go, buddy, can I go down?
I can't help you with your troubles
Take your shift at the mine?
Lotta poor man got the Cumberland Blues
I can't sleep here no more
I gotta get down, I gotta get down
Gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine
Just to pay his union dues
I don't know now, I just don't know
Oh I can't work there no more
Little Ben clock says quarter to eight
Lotta poor man got to walk the line
I don't know now, I just don't know
Make good money, five dollars a day
Made anymore, I might move away
Some other fella's makin' nothin' at all
That's where I mainly spend my time
I gotta get down, I gotta get down
If you won't help with mine
If I'm goin' back again
And you can hear him cry
I gotta get down to, to the mine
He can't win for losin'
You keep me up just one more night
