—Bill Monroe
I'm sending a coal to a sweet little lady
For I'm afraid that she will be cold
She once was my sweetheart, but now it's all over
But she's young and I am growing old
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She had my heart and it when she knows
And will remain til my body grows cold
She once was my sweetheart, but now it's all over
But she's young and I am growing old
She was born in the mountains in the coal mining country
I loved her in the sunshine and the snow
She once was my sweetheart, but now it's all over
But she's young and I am growing old
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