Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in Raleigh County, West Virginia. He's waiting for his father in the Home where the sun always shines. He probably got there one afternoon as a young boy. Maybe after a fever that never broke. It's a hard life up in those hills.
lyrics
Oooohhhhh
Elvis he got home
Elvis he got home
He got here one afternoon
Oh yeah he got here real soon
Oooohhhhh
Jesus he got home
Jesus he got home
He got here one afternoon
Oh yeah he got here real soon
Oh the coal miner's son
Waitin' for his papa in the sun
Oh the coal miner's son
Oooohhhhh
Moses he got home
Moses he got home
He got here one afternoon
Oh yeah he got here real soon
Oh the coal miner's son
Waitin' for his papa in the sun
Oh the coal miner's son
Yeah that was some fire blew through
Burned all wild for a day or two
You never can say what a fire's gonna do
Leaves behind a broken heart or two
Papa he'll get home
My papa he'll get home
He'll get here this afternoon
Oh yeah he'll get here real soon
Oh the coal miner's son
Waitin' for his papa in the sun
Oh the coal miner's son
Oooohhhhh
credits
from AmericanaCalling,
released December 7, 2019
Song written by MacMcCarty
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