Over By Number Nine

Can't you hear that whistle blow?

Can't you hear that whistle blow?

Can't you hear that whistle blowin' over by Number Nine?

Was any of you boys and girls ever down

In the coal minin' country in Kentucky?

Well sir, I was raised down there

I wonder if any of you knows what a cage is

A cage is a sort of an elevator. A bunch of

Miners gets on it, and they blow a little whistle

And then the man up on top of the big high tipple answers back

And then a little steam engine lets 'em away down in the mines

Ah, used to when I was a kid about your age, I used to hear

Them sounds comin' from the old Number Nine coal mines

Over at Beech Creek, Kentucky where my Dad was a workin'

And I learned to kinda imitate 'em. Now here's

The way the cage whistles and the shakers went

I bet you boys and girls can do that too with just

Your mouth and blowin' your fist if you'll try

Here's a little song that lets you in on some more sounds

That I learned to kinda imitate around the coal mines

Can't you hear the whistle blow?

Can't you hear the whistle blow?

Can't you hear that whistle blow over by Number Nine?

Said, can't you hear that whistle blow?

Can't you hear that whistle blow?

Can't you hear that whistle blow over by Number Nine?

Over by Number Nine

Can't you hear the shaker roll?

Can't you hear that shaker roll?

Can't you hear that shaker roll over by Number Nine?

Said, can't you hear that shaker roll?

Can't you hear that shaker roll?

Can't you hear that shaker roll over by Number Nine?

Over by Number Nine

Can't you hear the driver yell?

Can't you hear that driver yell?

Can't you hear that driver yell over by Number Nine?

Said, can't you hear that driver yell?

Can't you hear that driver yell?

Hear that driver yell over by Number Nine?

Whoo, whoo-whoo-whoo! Get up, Jake!

He's hollerin' at his old mule, now

Can't you hear the rails a-poppin'?

Can't you hear them rails poppin'?

Can't you hear them rails poppin' over by Number Nine?

Can't you hear the coal drag puff?

Can't you hear the coal drag puff?

Can't you hear that coal drag puff over by Number Nine?

Over by Number Nine

Over by Number Nine