O Death
Song · Ralph Stanley · 3 min · 257 words
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O debt, won't you spare me over till another year? Well, what is this and I can't save the ice cold hands they can hold of me? Well, I am Death's none can excel, I'll op in the door to heaven or hell.
Oh, death someone would pray, could you wait to call me another day? The children prayed, the preacher preached, time immerses out of your reach. I'll fix your feet, so you can't walk, I'll lock your jaw, so you can't talk.
I'll close your eyes so you can't see this very air come and go with me. Death I come to take the soul, leave the body and leave it cold. To drop the flesh off of the frame, there can worm both have a claim.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, ohTo spimy over Till another yeah. moving upon my soul.
Oh, death, how you treatin' me? You're close, my, so I can't see. Well, you're hurtin' my body. You make me call. You run my life right out of my soul. Oh, death, please consider my age.
Please don't take me at this stage. My wealth is all that you're coming. If you will move your icy hands. Oh, the young, the rich are poor. How will I like me? No. No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold.
Nothing satisfies me but your soul. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, damn Won't you spy me over til another year Won't you spy me over til another year
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