I was born on this mountain, a long time ago Before they knocked down the timber and stripped mine of coal When you rose in the morning before it was light To go down in that dark hole and come back at night I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home I was young on this mountain, now I am old And I knew every hollow, every cool swimming hole Till one night I lay down and woke up to find That my childhood was over, I went down in a mine I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home There's a hole in this mountain, it's dark and it's deep And God only knows all the secrets it keeps And there's a chill in the air only miners can feel And there's ghosts in the tunnels, the company seals I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home