Well I was born a coalminer´s doughter in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler we were poor but we had love that´s a one thing that daddy make sure of he shuffled coal to make poor mans dollar
Well my daddy worked all night on a coalmine all day long in the field a´howing corn mummy rocked the babes at night and red the bible by the candle light and everything would start from break ´till dawn
Well my daddy loved us kids on a miners pay and mummy scrubed dark clothes on a washboard every day well I´d seen her fingers bleed to complain there was no need she always smiled on mummies understanding way
In the summertime we didn´t have shoes to wear but in the wintertime we´d all got a brand new pair from Salina to Cattlemorn money made from sellin´a horn daddy always managed to get the money somewhere
Well I´m proud to be a coalminer´s doughter I remember well the well were I´ve drawn waters well the work we´ve done was hard at night we slept ´cause we were tired I´d never thought I´d ever leave on Butcher Holler
Well a lot of things have change since I went back then and it´s so good to be to be back home again not so much love any more not the leasure any more exept the memories of a coalminer´s doughter Loretta Lynn Lyrics Coalminers Doughter Lyrics