The Chieftains - Dark as a Dungeon lyrics

Come on, you young fellas So young and so fine And seek not your fortune In the dark, dreary mines It'll form as a habit Seep in your soul Till the blood of your veins runs As black as the coal It's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew Where the dangers are many The pleasures are few Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine It's many a man I've seen in my day Who lived just a labour His whole life away Like a fiend with his dope Or a drunkard his wine A man must have lust for The lure of the mine It's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew Where the dangers are many The pleasures are few Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine Well, I hope when I'm gone And the ages do roll My body will blacken And form into coal I'll look down from the door Of my heavenly home And pity the miners A diggin' my bones It's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew Where the dangers are many The pleasures are few Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine