Cat. #1507 (MFH #1000) - As sung by Henry Foote, Picher, Oklahoma on March 4, 1975
VERSE 1
In eighteen hundred an' forty three
Lead was discovered up in Missouri
Folks they heard an' folks they came
With picks an' shovels, they had this dream
VERSE 2
First by wagons an' then by train
Folks they heard an' folks they came
They had a dream, but not for gold
An' with this dream they dug this hole
VERSE 3
Men were killed and women cried
Kids grew up t' work these mines
They dug a tunnel both deep an' wide
An' they made a legend of th dyin' giant
VERSE 4
From Oranogo to ole Johnsonville
To Saint Louis, ole Lincolnville
From Quapaw, Oklahoma, to Picher Town
There this mighty gaint, it started down
VERSE 5
Though their gone, it still stands
This mighty giant, built by man
Though it sleeps like a faded will
An' no one knows when th dyin' giant will kill
VERSE 6
Where once't man worked an' once man died
Kids grew up an' worked these mines
They dug a tunnel both deep an' wide
This might giant, called th dyin' giant