Cumberland Blues

Félix Leclerc / Phil Lesh / Robert Hunter

I can't stay much longer, Melinda, The sun is getting high.
I can't help you with your troubles, If you won't help with mine.
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, I gotta get down to the mine.

You keep me up just one more night, I can't sleep here no more.
Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; You kept me up 'till four.
I gotta get down, I gotta get down, Or I can't work there no more.

A lotta poor man make a five dollar bill, Keep him happy all the time.
Some other fella's makin' nothin' at all And you can hear him cry,
"Can I go, buddy, can I go down Take your shift at the mine?"

Gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine.
Gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine.
That's where I mainly spend my time.
Make good money, five dollars a day. Made anymore, I might move away.

Lotta poor man got the Cumberland Blues He can't win for losin'
Lotta poor man got to walk the line Just to pay his union dues.
I don't know now, I just don't know If I'm goin' back again.

Trivia about the song Cumberland Blues by Grateful Dead

On which albums was the song “Cumberland Blues” released by Grateful Dead?
Grateful Dead released the song on the albums “Workingman's Dead” in 1970 and “Europe '72” in 1972.
Who composed the song “Cumberland Blues” by Grateful Dead?
The song “Cumberland Blues” by Grateful Dead was composed by Félix Leclerc, Phil Lesh, and Robert Hunter.

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