'Coal Miner's Daughter' -- Loretta Lynn (1970)
The bottom lines: "We were poor but we had love/That's the one thing my daddy made sure of/He shoveled coal to make a poor man's holler."
As she says in the opening line, Lynn was born a coal miner's daughter -- one of eight kids raised in a cabin with no electricity and no running water. Her description of Depression-era Appalachia almost literally put Butcher Hollow, Ky., on the map.
Reader Comments(1 of 1)
wsochick2at 11-05-2008
Um...it's "poor man's dollar" not "holler".
vintanner2at 11-05-2008
If you're going to write an article about lyrics, you should at least get the lyrics right. Two of the lines your cite are wrong.
"poor man's dollar" not poor man's holler
and "Butcher Holler" not Butcher Hollow.
davidat 11-05-2008
The place where Loretta Lynn lived as a child was called Butcher Hollow.Hollow was pronounced "holler" in the song.
timeseeksat 11-28-2008
that great songs she still my number lady
roswelltbirdat 11-28-2008
If you are from the South it's not a Hollow, it's a holler!
crwfmrkat 11-28-2008
Poor mans DOLLAR!!!!!!! DOLLAR!!!!!!DOLLAR!!!!!
rac55at 12-10-2008
This song needs no introduction....you can feel the cold mud on your feet, and the pangs in your stomach in this tune.....Luv ya Loretty!