[Verse 1]
Come listen you fellow, so young and so fine
And seek not your fortune
In the dark dreary mine
It will form as a habit, and seep in your soul
'til the stream of your blood is
As black as the coal

[Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double, and 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

[Verse 2]
It's a many a man I've seen in my day
Who lives just to labor
His whole life away
Like a fiend with his dope
And a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for
The lure of the mine

[Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double, and 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
[Verse 3]
I hope when I'm gone
And the ages shall roll
My body will blacken
And turn into coal
Then I look from my door
Of my heavenly home, and pity the miner
A diggin' my bones

[Chorus]
It's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double, and 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