Shut up in the mine of Coal Creek  We know that we must die  But if we trust in Jesus  To heaven our souls shall fly  Our lamps are burning dimly  Our food is almost gone  Death wraps his shirt around us  Soon we'll be carried home  Goodbye dear wife and children  May you be treated kind  For now our time has come to die  Locked up in the Coal Creek Mine  Eleven of us were imprisoned  And two dear ones have died  Nine more are left to suffer  And die in the Coal Creek Mine  Dear friends, you should take a warning  And listen to what we say  You're now in the world of sunlight  And there you'd better stay