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Ballad of Thomas Henry

from Northern Lights by Niel Brooks

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Ballad Of Thomas Henry

If you're ever in Harlan town
If you're ever here in Harlan town
Just pass on through, don't you mess around.

The kettle train, it brought me here
The kettle train, it brought me here
And it's been my home about thirteen years.

They got a hole in the ground, goes straight to hell
They got a hole in the ground, goes straight to hell
Stays dark as night at the morning bell.

This here bird, she can't sing no more
This here bird, she don't sing no more
Won't tell nobody who we're dying for.

This company coin, it don't go too far
This old company coin, it don't go too far
Buy two good shells at the company store.

Sit down Mabry, let me talk to you
Sit here Mabry, let me talk to you
This ain't no world to bring a child into.

Come sit out here by the clothesline
Come sit out here by the clothesline
By the time they find us, it'll be quittin' time.

Will they throw our ashes down in Wallin's Cave?
Will they throw our ashes down the Wallin's Cave?
'Cause the churchyard costs too much these days.

When the morning bell cuts through town
When the morning bell cuts through town
There's another soul on it's way back down.

At the end of the day, it's all I know
At the end of the day, it's all I know
It's the same above as it is below.

I've got a dark mind that's black as coal
I've got a dark mind, it's black as coal
With nothing left to worry for.

At night as I lie in my crooked sleep
I pray the devil my soul to keep
'Cause my days are dark as the mine is deep.

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from Northern Lights, released October 22, 2016

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