[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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My daddy was a miner, my daddy's daddy too
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Union, God, and country is all they ever knew
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They worked from early mornin’
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till the evenin' whistle blew
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When it'd strike the mine they'd walk the line
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'Cause that's just what ya do
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When you're born in West Virginia
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A miner through and through
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Union, God, and country was all you ever knew

[Chorus]
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Union, God, and country
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West Virginia, gold and blue
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Union, God, and country
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Was all we ever knew

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Before there was a union the company was king
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You'd work your fingers to the bone
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Couldn't show a thing
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You shifted coal till Friday
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Drew your pay and then
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You'd walk down to the company store
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And give it back again
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That's why they made the union
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They had nothin' left to lose
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Union, God, and country
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Was all they ever knew

[Chorus]
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It was union, God, and country
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West Virginia, gold and blue
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Union, God, and country
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Was all we ever knew

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
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It was union, God, and country
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West Virginia, gold and blue
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Union, God, and country
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Was all we ever knew
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It was union, God, and country
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West Virginia, gold and blue
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Union, God, and country
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Was all we ever knew

[Instrumental]
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