CMT’s tribute delivers tears, heartfelt tributes and emotional performances to honor the life, legacy & music of count | dG1fM3JyS2lKdE8zTDQ
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00:00 One, two, three.
00:01 (upbeat music)
00:04 ♪ Well I was born a coal miner's daughter ♪
00:13 ♪ In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Hall ♪
00:20 ♪ We were poor but we had love ♪
00:25 ♪ That's the one thing that he made sure of ♪
00:29 ♪ He shoveled coal to make it more than a dollar ♪
00:34 ♪ Well my daddy worked all night ♪
00:38 ♪ In the valley of coal mines ♪
00:43 ♪ All day long in the field hoeing corn ♪
00:48 ♪ And mommy rocked the baby's head night ♪
00:53 ♪ And read the Bible by the coal light ♪
00:56 ♪ And everything was done all over ♪
01:00 ♪ Come break of morn ♪
01:04 ♪ Daddy loved to raise eight kids on a miner's pay ♪
01:09 ♪ Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a washboard every day ♪
01:15 ♪ Well I've seen her fingers bleed ♪
01:21 ♪ To complain there was no need ♪
01:24 ♪ She'd smile at mommy's understanding way ♪
01:29 ♪ In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear ♪
01:36 ♪ But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair ♪
01:43 ♪ From a mail order catalog ♪
01:49 ♪ Money made from selling a hog ♪
01:52 ♪ Daddy always managed to make the money somewhere ♪
01:57 ♪ Yeah we met the vehicle miner's daughter ♪
02:04 ♪ And I remember well the way I worked you under ♪
02:11 ♪ The work we done was hard ♪
02:16 ♪ At night we'd sleep and we were tired ♪
02:20 ♪ Never thought of ever leaving but you're hollering ♪
02:25 ♪ Well a lot of things have changed since way back then ♪
02:32 ♪ And it's so good to be back home again ♪
02:39 ♪ Not much left but the floors ♪
02:44 ♪ Nothing lives here anymore ♪
02:48 ♪ Except the memories of a coal miner's daughter ♪
02:53 (audience cheering)
02:58 (applause)
03:00 [applause]