Nine Pound Hammer

This nine pound hammer

Is a little too heavy

Buddy for my size

Buddy for my size

So I'm going on the mountain

Just to see my baby

And I ain't coming back

No I ain't coming back

Roll on, buddy

Don't you roll so slow

Well, tell me how can I roll

When the wheels won't go

Roll on, buddy

Pull your load of coal

Tell me how can I pull

When the wheels won't roll

It's a long way to Harlan

It's a long way to Hazard

Just to get a little brew

Just to get a little brew

And when I'm long gone

You can make my tombstone

Out of number nine coal

Out of number nine coal

Roll on, buddy

Don't you roll so slow

Well, tell me how can I roll

When the wheels won't go

Roll on, buddy

Pull your load of coal

Tell me how can I pull

When the wheels won't roll