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1921 was the yearSeems like yesterday to meLet me tell you 'bout what happened thenBack in the mine countryWe were fightin' hard to build a union'Cause at forty cents a tonThere was no way to feed a familyWhen the minin' day was doneThe strike had lasted for a yearWhen they shot down Smilin' SidHe was a lawman who stood up for us minersThat's the only crime he ever didA hundred miners locked up with no trialThere in Mingo-townBut the last straw came in SharplesWhen the gunned the women downNow we're marchin' on to MingoTen thousand men and countin'Here in the hills of West VirginiaAt the Battle of Blair MountainWe shouted through the hillsidesIn every union hallWe're marchin' on to MingoLetras de cancionesTeach them a lesson, once and allWe commandeered every freight trainTo the Kentucky lineTook every car that crossed our pathAnd all the guns and ammo we could findThe union leaders tried to stop usMother Jones told us to turn backBut we had learned ourselves from the gun thugsThere's a time to talk and a time to attackWe had no leader, we didn't need oneWe all knew the way through Logan CountyAnd we all knew once we got thereWe're gonna hang Sheriff Chapin from a sour apple treeWe're marchin' on to MingoTen thousand men and countin'Here in the hills of West VirginiaAt the Battle of Blair MountainFor three days and nights we fought themThe front was ten miles wideEvery cop and scab in West VirginiaWas there on the other sideThey dropped explosives from their airplanesSuch a thing you never sawThey shot us with machine gunsIt was the operator's lawWe dug trenches and wore helmetsThat we brought from the ArgonneAll the way from France to LoganWe fought from dusk to dawnPresident Harding sent in the ArmyAnd we left our line to themBut the hills of West VirginiaWill long remember whenWe were marchin' on to MingoTen thousand men and countin'Here in the hills of West VirginiaAt the Battle of Blair Mountain From Letras Mania