Interpret:

June Carter Cash

Album:

Appalachian Pride

June Carter:
When I was a curly-headed baby
My daddy sat me down on his knee
He said go to school and learn your letters
Don’t you be a dirty miner like me


I was born and raised in the mouth of a hazard hollow
Coal cars a rambling past my door
Now they’re standing in a rusty row of empty 
And the L & N don’t stop here anymore


I used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
Now he goes downtown with empty pockets
And his face is white as a February snow


I was born and raised in the mouth of a hazard hollow
Coal cars a rambling past my door
Now they’re standing in a rusty row of empty 
And the L & N don’t stop here anymore


Last night I dreamed I went down to the coal yard
To draw my pay as I had done before
Them old kudzu vines covered the window
Trees and grass growing through the floor


I was born and raised in the mouth of a hazard hollow
Coal cars a rambling past my door
Now they’re standing in a rusty row of empty 
And the L & N don’t stop here anymore
No, the L & N don’t stop here anymore