The Ballad of Sid Hatfield
Mike Caplinger and Granny's 12 Gauge, Copyright 1997.
Hey Sid Hatfield
I heard they shot you dead
As you lie bleedin' on the courthouse steps they put another bullet into your head
Hey Sid Hatfield
What would you have done
If you'd gone to town that day carrying your guns
Yeah if you'd took along a few
God would have forgiven you
But maybe that's not right to say
He might be in the company's pay
Hey coal train roll on by
Carry us off when we die
To that last reward in the sky
Hey my brothers
Keep this song in mind
When you see the portal of that ragged old coal mine
Hey my sisters
Don't you spend your time
Waitin' for your lovers to come back from the mine
Yeah the way is dark and the roof is weak
Into his lungs the dust will seep
He won't see the light of day
If number 3 blows up today
Hey coal train roll on by
Carry us off when we die
To that last reward in the sky
Hey Sid hey Sid
What would you have said
If those Baldwin-Felts hadn't filled you up with lead
Hey Sid hey Sid
This I know is true
If you've got one life to give the company wants two
A thousand feet below the ground
A scream is such a subtle sound
As the men in suits adjust a graph
We drop a tombstone down the shaft
Hey coal train roll on by
Carry us off when we die
To that great gob pile in the sky