[Verse 1]
Come and listen you fellows, so young and so fine
And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines
It will form as a habit, and seep in your soul
'Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal

[Chorus]
Where it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is doubled, and pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines
Well, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine

[Verse 2]
There's many a man I have known in my day
Who lived 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 mines

[Chorus]
Where it's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew
Where the danger is doubled, and pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
Well, 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'll look from the door of my heavenly home
And pity the miner diggin' my bones
[Chorus]
Where it's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew
Where the danger is doubled, and pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines
Well, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine