A sad song, and I'm not really sad today. But, this fits well with the signature that I have been using for quite awhile. Some of my ancestors came out of what might have been coal country in the US, some in very early days. The census has them all as "farmers." I hope that's true and they weren't coal miners. I think that most of that came after they had moved on to greener pastures.
Tons of people have done this one (Dolly Parton included,) but most go slow and bitter. This is how Billy Ed Wheeler intended (fast and agitated), turned up to 11 (you can hear the fear.)