In my hometown of Blackie Kentucky he came passin' through one dark bloomy day

And I considered myself as lucky when he told me he would take me away

And though he was older it made me difference

His promise of riches was all I could see

At last I could leave the coal mines of Kentucky

And know something better than sad poverty

Blackie Kentucky you know that I miss you

But there are lotta places in the world I'd like to see

So I must take this chance to be something more than nothin'

But I'll always hold you in my memory

But I've never registed this sociable livin'

The friends that he knows they're all strangers to me

Thousands of miles from Blackie Kentucky

In a mansion with a husband that never loved me

He won't let my family and friends come to visit

Because they are country and poor he's ashamed

Oh but I'd give my luck Lord if I could just go see them

All its chance about me is my name

Blackie Kentucky oh Lord how I miss you

If I could come back home I'd never leave you anymore

I'd like to see my poor heart work in coal mine with daddy

And mama and the kids and the friends I knew before

My world is as black as the coal in Kentucky

He won't let me leave him there's no way to win

I'll take my whole life dear God please forgive me

But I've got to get back home to Blackie once again

I'd left him a note and in the morning he'll find it

It's my last request and he care to refuse me

I told him to bury me back in Blackie Kentucky

Where my family and my friends can come in visit me

Blackie Kentucky I'm comin' home to you

But different from the way you remember me before

So make a place and I lay me down to rest and I'll sleep in your arms for evermore

I'll sleep in your arms for evermore