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Podcast: Song Lyric Meanings
Episode: "Coal Miner’s Daughter" by Loretta Lynn
Description: Song Lyrics Meaning - Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn
"Coal Miner's Daughter" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. Considered Lynn's signature song, it was originally released as a single in 1970 and became a number one hit on the Billboard country chart. It was later released on an album of the same name. Produced by Owen Bradley, the song tells the story of Lynn's coal-mining father in rural Kentucky during the Great Depression. Lynn, who was born in 1932 and experienced the Great Depression as a child, also describes her ch...