(Larry Webster)
Sparkles and shines
Sparkles and shines
Like the coal way down in the bottom of the mine
You know it sparkles and shines
The eyes of my true love
Sparkle and shine
When we lay down at night and turn out the light
You know they sparkle and shine
Repeat 1
All the little children
Sparkle and shine
Running to meet me down at the mine
You know they sparkle and shine
Money in my pocket
Sparkles and shines
Forty hours on overtime
And you know it sparkles and shines
Repeat 1
Fire in the mountain
Sparkles and shines
You're gone underground for very last time
But you know it sparkles and shines
Marble on my tombstone
Sparkles and shines
A gas explosion took my young life
But you know it sparkles and shines
Repeat 1
(as sung by Guy & Candie Carawan)