Family Rankin Tramp Miner Lyrics

Tramp Miner Lyrics

I am a tramp miner, 

I've been for some time now

I live without
light of the day

In the black underground that's where I'll be found

Biding my time away, Oh working my life away 



From here out to
Timmins, I've loved all your women

In the taverns I drank down my pay

But I'd do it again even though it's a sin

For it's better than
driving the raise

If you've done it you'd know what I say



So
I'll roll, roll with the wind

Roll, roll with the wind

Roll, roll
with the time and the wind

Then I'll find my way back home again



Homesickness, heartbreak

And black lung among these men run
rampant

As there rockin' and rollin'

High ballin' this country
today



I am a tramp miner, I've been for some time now

I live
without light of the day

In a hole in the ground, they'll lower me down

That'll be my final pay, for working my life away



So I'll roll,
roll with the wind

Roll, roll with the wind

Roll, roll with the
time and the wind

Then I'll find my way back home again