Lyrics:

For as long as I can remember I've worked down in this pit

But today it's all over for this is the day I quit

I'm gonna take my sweet little Ginny and make her my own

We gonna move down in the valley and built ourselves a home

This is the last day in the mines

[ guitar ]

Well I swing that pick move that shovel and time goes so slow

I can hardly wait for my boss to tell me that it's time to go

Up at the top I know my Ginny is waiting patiently

In just a few minutes I'll be there with her and from the mines be free

This is the last day in the mines

[ guitar ]

But wait a minute what's that rumble way back in the ground

Good Lord it's a cave in and the rocks are a fallin' all around

Now the timbers are breakin' and the rats are runnin' and I can hardly see

Inside my chest there's a mighty burnin' and my strenght is leavin' me

This is the last day in the mines

[ guitar ]

Beneath these rocks and timbers and with my strenght all gone

My thoughts turn to Ginny I must leave her all alone

I know they'll try to save me but they gonna be too late

For over that river through that valley I see heaven's gates

This is the last day in the mines

Oh this is the last day in the mines this is the last day in the mines