Nothing they could do but sit down there

With the black coal all around them,

And the water rose so quick and cold,

An unlikely place to drown.

Nine in the mine, trapped down below-

Down, down, down in the ground

And this'll be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye,

Take care of my family I'm buried alive

They held their heads up high

As they struggled hard to breath

And asked the lord to open his arms

For the nine souls he'd receive

Nine in the mine, trapped down below-

Down, down, down in the ground

And this'll be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye,

Take care of my family I'm buried alive

They latched themselves together

So in death they might be found

And prayed there for a miracle

Some 24 stories down.

Nine in the mine, trapped down below-

Down, down, down in the ground

And this'll be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye,

Take care of my family I'm buried alive

Down, down, down in the ground.