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Johnny Cash Dark As A Dungeon Lyrics
Total views: 2 times this week / Rating: 7.76/10 [17 votes]Album: The Essential Johnny Cash / Original Release Date: 1959Genre: VocalSong Duration: 2 min 27 sec
JOHNNY CASH
- Dark As A Dungeon Lyrics / with translationsOh come all you young fellers so young and so fine
Seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine
It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
Where it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double and pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls the sun never shines
It's a dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
Well it's many a man that I've seen in my day
Who lived just to labor his whole life away
Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for the lure of the mine
Where it's dark as a dungeon ....
And pray when I'm dead and my ages shall roll
That my body would blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home and pity the miner digging my bones
Where it's dark as a dungeon...
Seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine
It'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
Where it's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the danger is double and pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls the sun never shines
It's a dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
Well it's many a man that I've seen in my day
Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for the lure of the mine
Where it's dark as a dungeon ....
And pray when I'm dead and my ages shall roll
That my body would blacken and turn into coal
Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home and pity the miner digging my bones
Where it's dark as a dungeon...
Facts about Dark As A Dungeon
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Dark As A Dungeon is written by Merle Travis.
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It is first released in 1959 as part of Johnny Cash's album "The Essential Johnny Cash" which includes 75 tracks in total. This song is the 36th track on this album.
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When we try to understand the message behind it, in his song 'Dark As A Dungeon', Johnny Cash uses the mine as a metaphor and vividly describes the miners' daily struggles. He compares the mine to a place of darkness, danger, and very little happiness. The song narrates the story of how one can get addicted to the mining work; it can eat away the singer's (or miner's) soul and turn him into a lifer, even after he is dead. The lyrics of Dark as a Dungeon focus on despair, angst, reflection, solitude, and nostalgia primarily. However, the song also highlights the importance of the mining dangers, addiction's consequences, and mortality and legacy. The lyrics present the themes of danger and addiction, mentioning the attraction of mining and its repercussions that might not be acceptable for younger kids without parents' assistance.
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Dark As A Dungeon falls under the genre Vocal.
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Dark As A Dungeon song length is 2 minutes and 27 seconds.
Who wrote Dark As A Dungeon lyrics?
Dark As A Dungeon is written by Merle Travis.
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When was Dark As A Dungeon released?
It is first released in 1959 as part of Johnny Cash's album "The Essential Johnny Cash" which includes 75 tracks in total. This song is the 36th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Dark As A Dungeon lyrics?
When we try to understand the message behind it, in his song 'Dark As A Dungeon', Johnny Cash uses the mine as a metaphor and vividly describes the miners' daily struggles. He compares the mine to a place of darkness, danger, and very little happiness. The song narrates the story of how one can get addicted to the mining work; it can eat away the singer's (or miner's) soul and turn him into a lifer, even after he is dead. The lyrics of Dark as a Dungeon focus on despair, angst, reflection, solitude, and nostalgia primarily. However, the song also highlights the importance of the mining dangers, addiction's consequences, and mortality and legacy. The lyrics present the themes of danger and addiction, mentioning the attraction of mining and its repercussions that might not be acceptable for younger kids without parents' assistance.
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Which genre is Dark As A Dungeon?
Dark As A Dungeon falls under the genre Vocal.
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How long is the song Dark As A Dungeon?
Dark As A Dungeon song length is 2 minutes and 27 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): Merle Travis
Record Label(s): Originally Released 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 Sun Entertainment Corp , Originally Released 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 19
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