All you people, come and listen
Teardrops glisten in your eyes
Your hearts with pain will soon be rending
At this news of sad demise
Fetched old Matty through the frost
Matty swore he'd not recover,
sure and certain all was lost
Oh how sad a part did we,
Oh how sad a part did we,
There was grief, tribulation,
when we lost the black pig
Then we bought a polished coffin,
silver knobs, velvet trim
And a vault with bricks and mortar
To the churchyard we did pray
Oh, how sad of heart to we
Oh, how sad of heart to we
There was grief, tribulation,
when we lost the black pig
Now my friends, my song has ended
Note the warning I intend
Mind you act with great discretion,
Better days will come again.
Oh how sad and hard to weep,
Oh how sad and hard to weep,
There was grief, tribulation,
When we lost the black pig
There was grief, tribulation,
When we lost the black pig
There was grief, tribulation,
when we lost the black pig.