Writer: Tami LaRue (Eleanor MacGregor) (Zap Publishing Company/BMI)
Artist: Tim & Mollie O'Brien
Album: Take Me Back
Key: B
A miner was leaving his home for his work
When he heard his little child scream
He went to the side of the little girl's bed
She said daddy I've had such a dream
Oh daddy don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh daddy my daddy please don't go away
For I never could live without you
Then smiling and stroking the little girl's face
He was turning away from her side
But she threw her small arms around daddy's neck
She gave him a kiss and then cried
I dreamed that the mines were all blazing with fire
And the miners all fought for their lives
Just then the scene changed and the mouth of the mine
Was covered with sweethearts and wives
Oh daddy don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh daddy my daddy please don't go away
For I never could live without you
Go down to the village and tell all your friends
That as sure as the bright sun does shine
There's something that's going to happen today
Oh daddy don't go to the mine
Oh daddy don't go to the mines today
For dreams have so often come true
Oh daddy my daddy please don't go away
For I never could live without you
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