On a dark and stormy night
Not a star was in sight
And the north wind come howlin' down the line
With his sweetheart so dear
Stood a brave engineer

With his orders to pull ol' no 9
With a tear in her eye
She kissed him goodbye
And the joy in his heart he could n

Come all you young fellers, so young and so fine
And seek not your fortunes way down in the mine
It will form like a habit and seep in your soul
Till the stream of your blood flows as black as the coal

It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double

There is a man you'll hear about
Most every place you go
And his holdings are in Texas
And his name is Diamond Joe
And he carries all his money
In his diamond-studded jaw
And he never was much bothered
By the process of the law

Well, I hired to Diamond Joe, boys

I was born a hundred thousand years ago
And there's nothin' in this world I do not know
Why the flag started flying
When George Washington stopped lying
I can lick the man who says that isn't so

I saw Eve and Adam driven from the door
I'm the man who picked the fig leaf