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Well, I was borned a coal miner's daughter
Artist & Tune
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Version by Loretta Lynn
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Version by Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter (film)
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Version by Hailee Faith Squires
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Version by Tayla Lynn
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About the Song
This song was released as a single in 1970 & reached #1 on the Billboard country chart. It was considered Lynn's signature song.
It was the title song of a 1980 Oscar-winning biopic on Lynn starring Sissy Spacek as Lynn.
Well, I was borned a coal miner's daughterIn a cabin, on a hill in Butcher HollerWe were poor but we had love, that's the one thing that daddy made sure ofHe shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar
My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal minesAll day long in the field a hoein' cornMommy rocked the babies at night & read the Bible by the coal oil lightAnd ever' thing would start all over come break of morn'
Daddy loved & raised eight kids on a miner's payMommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every dayWhy, I've seen her fingers bleed, to complain, there was no needShe'd smile in mommy's understanding way
C F C - / - D G - / C C7 F C / - G C -
In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wearBut in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pairFrom a mail order catalog, money made from selling a hogDaddy always managed to get the money somewhere
Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughterI remember well, the well where I drew waterThe work we done was hard, at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tiredNever thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler
Well, a lot of things have changed since a way back thenAh & it's so good to be back home againNot much left but the floors, nothing lives here anymore'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter
- words & music by Loretta Lynn
(c) Sure - Fire Music Co. All rights reserved.
It was the title song of a 1980 Oscar-winning biopic on Lynn starring Sissy Spacek as Lynn.
Well, I was borned a coal miner's daughterIn a cabin, on a hill in Butcher HollerWe were poor but we had love, that's the one thing that daddy made sure ofHe shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar
My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal minesAll day long in the field a hoein' cornMommy rocked the babies at night & read the Bible by the coal oil lightAnd ever' thing would start all over come break of morn'
Daddy loved & raised eight kids on a miner's payMommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every dayWhy, I've seen her fingers bleed, to complain, there was no needShe'd smile in mommy's understanding way
C F C - / - D G - / C C7 F C / - G C -
In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wearBut in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pairFrom a mail order catalog, money made from selling a hogDaddy always managed to get the money somewhere
Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughterI remember well, the well where I drew waterThe work we done was hard, at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tiredNever thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler
Well, a lot of things have changed since a way back thenAh & it's so good to be back home againNot much left but the floors, nothing lives here anymore'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter
- words & music by Loretta Lynn
(c) Sure - Fire Music Co. All rights reserved.