Fire in the Hole

Stand up boys, let the bosses know!

Turn your buckets over, leave your lanterns low;

There's fire in our heart and fire in our soul

But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole!

Stand up boys, let the bosses know!

Turn your buckets over, leave your lanterns low;

There's fire in our heart and fire in our soul

But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole!

You can tell 'em in the country, tell 'em in the town

The miners down in Mingo laid their shovels down.

We won't pull another pillar, load another ton

Or lift another finger 'til the union we have won.

Stand up boys, let the bosses know!

Turn your buckets over, leave your lanterns low;

There's fire in our heart and fire in our soul

But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole!

Well, daddy died a miner, grandpa he did too,

I'll bet this coal will kill me 'fore my workin' days are through;

I'm in a hole that's dark and dirty, an early grave to find

But I plan to make a union for the ones I leave behind.

Stand up boys, let the bosses know!

Turn your buckets over, leave your lanterns low;

There's fire in our heart and fire in our soul

But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole!

Sittin' high and mighty they think they've got control

They think they've got the power, 'cause they bought up all the coal

They want us to stand divided, they want for us to fall

But we plan to stick together to make victory for all

Stand up boys, let the bosses know!

Turn your buckets over, leave your lanterns low;

There's fire in our heart and fire in our soul

But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole!

Stand up boys, let the bosses know!

Turn your buckets over, leave your lanterns low;

There's fire in our heart and fire in our soul

But there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole

No there ain't gonna be no fire in the hole