Nothing they could do but sit down there with the black coal all arou
  nd them, and the water rose so quick and cold, an unlikely place to dr
  own.
    Nine in the mine, trapped down below- down, down, down in the ground
  and this'll be the day I didn't kiss my wife goodbye, take care of my
  family I'm buried alive
    They held their heads up high as they struggled hard to breath
  and asked the Lord to open his arms for the nine souls he'd receive
    Nine in the mine...
    They latched themselves together so in death they might be found
  and prayed there for miracle some 24 stories down.
    Nine in the mine...