See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Well, it's one kind favor I ask of you
Well, it's one kind favor I ask of you
Lord, it's one kind favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean

It's a long lane, ain't got no end
It's a long lane that's got no end
It's a long lane ain't got no end
And it's a bad wind that never change

Lord, it's two white horses in a line
Well, it's two white horses in a line
Well, it's two white horses in a line
Gonna take me to my buryin' ground

My heart stopped beatin' and my hands got cold
My heart stopped beatin' and my hands got cold
Well, my heart stopped beatin', Lord, my hands got cold
It wasn't long 'fore they took me to the cypress grove

Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Then you know that the poor boy is in the ground

Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade
Well, dig my grave with a silver spade
Well, dig my grave with a silver spade
You may lead me down with a golden chain

Have you ever heard a church bell's tone?
Have you ever heard a church bell's tone?
Have you ever heard a church bell tone?
Then you know that the poor boy's dead and gone