See That My Grave Is Kept Clean by Blind Lemon Jefferson Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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

[Verse 6]
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

[Verse 7]
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