Lyrics

MISTY HOLLOW

When trouble came to the coal fields in the Spring of 1912
We lost our home and our livelihood to the boss's hounds of hell
My Pa stood like a rock until the mine guards came to call
His broken pride and his broken bones were laid to rest next Fall

| Oh, Misty Hollow
| Where a West Virginia boy became a man
| Oh, Misty Hollow
| Where justice called a boy to make a stand

The governor called for peace and said we must all respect the law
But those Baldwin-Felt detectives didn't pay no heed at all
I helped Ma feed the family, but I saved to buy a gun
I vowed to keep it by my side until the fight was done

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The militia sent me running to hide out in a cave
But word came Ma was beaten bringing flowers to Pa's grave
Dawn saw glowing embers where the boss's store had stood
By afternoon the bloodhounds were baying in the woods

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In a cave in Misty Hollow, I finally turned at bay
But the posse met more guns than mine and most men turned away
Two men that I remembered kept coming through the dell
I gave their bodies to the earth and sent their souls to hell

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