text: Oh once I was a young man
  Looked over vales and hills
  Saw myself a future
  Of riches and of thrills
  But on me fifteenth birthday
  I paid my union dues
  And they sent me deep into the ground
  Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
  Oh the summers heat can parch me dry
  But Ill not leave here for a fortune
  I shall never leave here till I die
  Oh once I had a family
  Sons to make you proud
  They have gone and left me now
  And I count the time out loud
  For now, I am an old man
  Just waiting for my turn
  Till they take me back into the ground
  Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
  Oh the summers heat can parch me dry
  But Ill not leave here for a fortune
  I shall never leave here till I die
  Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
  Oh the summers heat can parch me dry
  But Ill love these dark, dark hills forever
  And I wont leave them until I die
  Oh once I loved a woman
  She meant all the world to me
  Saw ourselves a future
  As far as I could see
  But I was only forty-seven
  When they took her down from me
  And buried her deep
  Oh the winter wind can blow me colder
  Oh the summers heat can parch me dry
  But Ill love these dark, dark hills forever
  And I wont leave them until I die
  Merry Christmas, Dad
  Merry Christmas, Son