Black Gold Lyrics & Chords By Merle Travis

Two boys on a playground Tryin' to push each other down See the crowd gather 'round Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd Black gold in a white plight Won't you fill up the...read more

Digging deep into the ground Black gold seeking, hell bound Enter dark shafts Early up and old Wrecking themselves Misery unfolds It eats their flesh, Drinks their blood ...read more

I had seen the captain drinking When he took that stinking cargo out Without a doubt he went too far I don't know what he was thinking But he will take us out to sea Eighty...read more

underneath they’re burning fuel to try to cross that line as soon as they can turn base metals into coal the local children will have to cope as the factories burn and smoke bringing...read more

Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so remember that You are Black...read more