Prospector's Blues - Jamestown Revival

I been swinging this hammer for a mighty long time

What I wouldn’t give for a nickel and a dime

I was up there in the hills where the colored bands run

Fanning cross the mountain and a shining in the sun

I came across a mountain it was leaning tall

One wrong look and she was bound to fall

But I couldn’t resist where my fortune lie

Now I’m bound to get rich if I keep from dyin'

Well I keep on chipping and a chipping away

There’s a little more gold left here today

All I got to do is just pull it right from the ground

And every time I take a little piece I know

I’m toeing the line with the ol pick hoe

And sooner or later this whole thing is coming down

Well I heard a little crack, heard a creak, and moan

Sounded like thunder and it shook me to the bone

Just got a little bit more to go

Ten thousand dollars and I’m headed back home

I finally had my fill I was on my way

And that mountain started falling as I ran and I prayed

Lord if you let me make it out alive

I’ll never chase another poke for my whole damn life

Well I keep on chipping and a chipping away

There’s a little more gold left here today

All I got to do is just pull it right from the ground

And every time I take a little piece I know

I’m toeing the line with the ol pick hoe

And sooner or later this whole thing is coming down

Well I keep on chipping and a chipping away

There’s a little more gold left here today

All I got to do is just pull it right from the ground

And every time I take a little piece I know

I’m toeing the line with the ol pick hoe

And sooner or later this whole thing is coming down