The Black Lillies
gold and roses
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Ten thousand feet above them deep dark waters
There's a land like I ain't never seen
There's silver and gold âmidst a wild rose garden
Shining on the hillside for me
I set out from Eastern Kentucky
Said farewell to family and home
Then I headed west to seek my fortune,
Figured I could make it alone
But there ain't no gold and there ain't no roses
There ain't no sunshine and there ain't no rain
Only darkness, toils and troubles
Steal my life's blood down in this vein
Steal my life's blood vein by vein
I fell in with a stranger in Kansas City
He said Son,
now
Im a Union man.
Ive
a
fine
team
of
mules
and
rations
for
the
winter