Once a miner
Was trapped in a well
Up he must dig
So, he dug very well
Dug he did do
For all the long day
And dig he loved to
But he had one say,
"I love to dig,
But something is wrong
Well's too big, or
I've dug far too long.
Once I saw it,
The top of the well
Glittering light,
Yes, that rang a bell.
Yet light has run,
Taken with my sight.
No more smiles here,
I only feel fright.
Ev'ry minute
Feels like forever.
One day I'll leave...
Or will I never?
It's getting hot,
In this deep, dark well.
Soon I will rot,
Am I trapped in Hell?"
Rot he did do
Yet he did not wake
One day he died
But long it did take
Once a miner
Was trapped in a well
For it was greed
That which caused his fell