The Miner's Bride

A cold wind blows through my windowpane
As we ride through the dusty plain
Snow will fall on the mountainside
When I become a miner’s bride
My true love lies in a soldier’s grave
And with him died the love he gave
The only thing that I can claim
A child with his eyes but not his name
Oh my love, don’t think too hard of me
I could not bide in Tennessee
Now I ride along this railroad track
And I know I’m never coming back
My mama gave away my hand
And sent us to a stranger’s land
He says we’ll live by the riverside
When I become a miner’s bride
I feel the winter coming on
In those mountains far beyond
Before they claim us as their own
I fear the snow will have my bones
Oh my son, don’t think too hard of me
I could not bide in Tennessee
Now I ride along this railroad track
And I know I’m never coming back