Well, I'll be gone
these lonesome days
I'll return again, here's what I say
Go dig my grave, both wide and deep.
Place a marble stone at
my head and my feet.
Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, hear me.
Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, hear me.
She went upstairs to make her bed
And not one word to her mama said
Her mama she went upstairs to
Says daughter,
oh daughter, what troubles
Oh mama dear, I cannot tell
That railroad boy I love so well
He courted me my life away
And now with me he will not stay
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordy me.
Oh Lord, Oh Lord,
Oh Lordy me.
Her papa, he come home from work
Says, where's my daughter,
she seems so hurt
He went up stairs
just to give her hope
An d he found her hanging from a rope
O Lord, O Lord, O Lord in me
O Lord, O Lord, O Lord in me
Well, took his knife
and he cut her down
And in her bosom these words he found
Oh, dig my grave both
wide and deep
Place a marble stone at
my head and my feet
And on my breast place a
snow white dove
To tell this world I died for love
Oh lord, oh lord, oh lordy me
Oh lord, oh lord,
oh lordy me