Lyrics Waiting At the Gate - Woody Guthrie
Tell
the
miners′
kids
and
wives,
There's
a
blast
in
the
number
five.
And
the
families
I
see
standing
at
the
gate.
The
inspector
years
ago
said
number
five′s
a
deadly
hole,
And
the
men
most
likely
won't
come
out
alive.
Waiting
at
the
gate,
we
are
waiting
at
the
gate.
Smoke
and
fire
just
roll
and
boil
from
that
dark
and
deadly
hole,
While
the
miners'
kids
and
wives
wait
at
the
gate.
The
inspector
told
the
boss,
it
was
more
than
a
year
ago,
You′re
risking
these
men′s
lives
in
number
five.
That
hole's
full
of
fumes
and
dust,
full
of
high
explosive
gas,
But
the
boss
said
we′ll
just
have
to
take
the
chance.
Waiting
at
the
gate,
we
are
waiting
at
the
gate.
Smoke
and
fire
just
roll
and
boil
from
that
dark
and
deadly
hole,
While
the
miners'
kids
and
wives
wait
at
the
gate.
Well
the
men
in
the
number
five
kissed
their
wives
and
kids
goodbye,
Then
they
walk
with
their
lunch
kits
up
the
hill.
Everybody
told
the
owner
that
this
deadly
day
would
come,
But
he
said
we
had
to
work
to
pay
our
bills.
Waiting
at
the
gate,
we
are
waiting
at
the
gate.
Smoke
and
fire
just
roll
and
boil
from
that
dark
and
deadly
hole,
While
the
miners′
kids
and
wives
wait
at
the
gate.
Well
I
tried
to
get
a
look
of
the
face
I
often
know,
As
the
men
are
carried
out
wrapped
up
in
sheets.
I
can
hear
the
church
bells
ringing
for
the
one
hundred
eleven
dead,
I
can
hear
the
families
weeping
in
the
streets.
Waiting
at
the
gate,
we
are
waiting
at
the
gate.
Smoke
and
fire
just
roll
and
boil
from
that
dark
and
deadly
hole,
While
the
miners'
kids
and
wives
wait
at
the
gate.
This
explosion
struck
on
Wednesday,
And
I
stood
by
the
gate
till
Saturday,
Till
they
laid
my
daddy
out
with
the
other
men.
In
the
pocket
of
his
shirt
I
found
a
little
note
he
wrote,
Never
go
down
in
a
dangerous
mine
again.
Waiting
at
the
gate,
we
are
waiting
at
the
gate.
Smoke
and
fire
just
roll
and
boil
from
that
dark
and
deadly
hole,
While
the
miners′
kids
and
wives
wait
at
the
gate.
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