Key: C major•
Verse 1
And I believe I'm fixin' to die
Believe I'm fixin' to die
I'm lookin' funny in my eyes
Now, I believe I'm fixin' to die, yeah
I know I was born to die
But I hate to leave my children
around cryin'
Yeah
Verse 2
sho' we's born to die
Sho' we's born to die
Just as sho's we live
Sho' we's born to die
Yeah
I know I was born to die
But I hate to leave my children
around cryin'
Verse 3
Yeah
Like I was her baby child
Was her baby child
Yo mother treated me
Like I was her baby child
That's why's I sighed
Sighed so hard
And come back home to die
Verse 4
Yeah
How my chillen's mother would cry
How my chillen's mother would cry
So many nights at the fireside
How my chillen's mother would cry
Yeah
'Cause I told the mother I
had to say, goodbye
Verse 5
On the buryin' ground
On the buryin' ground
Look over yonder,
on the burying ground
Yon' stand ten thousand
Standin' still to let me down
Verse 6
Yeah
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(Washboard & guitar)
Mother, take my chillen back
Before they let me down
Before they let me down
Mother, take my chillen back
'Fore they let me down
Ain't no need a-
them screamin' an cryin'
On the graveyard ground.
(Washboard & guitar to end)
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