Nacida en los bosques de Butcher Hollow en 1935, la cantante country Loretta Lynn se convirtió en un icono de la música folk americana en 1981. Esto ocurrió cuando una película basada en la biografía de Lynn, "Coal Miner’s Daughter", llenó teatros y le valió a la actriz Sissy Spacek un Oscar. Durante 2 décadas, Lynn fue una habitual de las listas country, logrando un éxito tras otro y orientando sus letras hacia un universo femenino con temas como "Don't Come Home a Drinkin", "Fist City" y "Woman of the World".
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER Words and music by Loretta Lynn
DGD Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter EA7 In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler D We were poor, but we had love GD That's the one thing that daddy made sure of A7D He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar.
DGD My daddy worked all night in the Vanleer coal mine EA7 All day long in the field a-hoin' corn D Mommie rocked the babies at night GD And read the Bible by the coal-oil light A7D And ever'thing would start all over come break of morn'.
Change to Eb: Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay Mommie scrubbed our clothes on a washboard ever' day Why, I've seen her fingers bleed To complain there was no need She'd smile in Mommie's understanding way.
In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair >From a mail order catalog Money made from sellin' a hog Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere.
Change to E: Yeah!, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter I remember well - the well where I drew water The work we done was hard At night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired I never thought of ever leaving Butcher Holler.
Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then And it's so good to be back home again Not much left but the floor Nothing lives here anymore Except the mem'ries of a coal miner's daughter.