Help rollin', 1, 2
You know what to doI'm a Harlan man
Went down in the mine when I was barely grown
It was easy then
Cause I didn't know what I know nowBut I'm a family man
And it's the only life that I've ever known
But I'm a Harlan man
Just as long as my luck and lungs hold outI'm a mountain man
Born in east Kentucky and here I'll stay
And if it's the good Lord's plan
I'll wake up in the mornin' and findI'm lookin' at the end
Of another long week and I can draw my pay
Cause I'm a Harlan man
Never catch me whinin' 'cause I ain't that kindI'm a union man
Just like my daddy, all my kin
I took a union stand
No matter what the company saidI got me two good hands
And just as long as I'm able I won't give in
Cause I'm a Harlan man
A coal minin' mother til the day I'm dead