The Weight

I was born in the canebrake
 Shovel in hand
 Lookin' for the strawboss
 In the firedamp
 The pillar's been robbed and
 The tipples brim
 Oh, the air grows colder
 And the lamp's light dims
 Deep in the coal bed
 Where the songbird sleeps
 The cribs are crying
 And the Earth, it bleeds
 But down in the canebrake
 Some happy day
 I'll serenade her
 And this is what I'll say
 Come my love, come
 My boat lies low
 I'm high and dry on The Ohio
 Come my love, come
 Won't you come along with me
 And I'll take you down to Tennessee
 I was born in the canebrake
 To a yellow moon
 Out by the old mill
 In the collier's tomb
 The walls are working
 And the cage it creaks
 Oh, the timbers moan and
 The widows weep
 The kettle's creeping
 And the brow hangs low
 Muscle and blood
 And skin and bone
 But down in the canebrake
 With an angel's psalm
 I'll serenade her
 And this'll be my song
 Come my love, come
 My boat lies low
 I'm high and dry on The Ohio
 Come my love, come
 Won't you come along with me
 And I'll take you down to Tennessee
 I was born in the canebrake
 Shovel in hand
 Lookin' for the strawboss
 In the firedamp
 The walls are working
 And the cage it creaks
 Oh, the timbers moan and
 The widows weep
 Deep in the coal bed
 Where the songbird sleeps
 The cribs are crying
 And the Earth, it bleeds
 But she'll be waiting
 By the cabin door
 With a pose so comely
 That I'll say once more
 Come my love, come
 My boat lies low
 I'm high and dry on The Ohio
 Come my love, come
 Won't you come along with me
 And I'll take you down to Tennessee
 I told her, it's the weight
 The weight of all the world
 I can feel it as it all begins to gently leave me now
 Lord, and it's the weight
 The weight of all the world
 I can feel it as it all begins to gently leave me now