Lay Some Flowers On My Grave-Blind Willie McTell/Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry

[ti:Lay Some Flowers On My Grave] [ar:Blind Willie McTell] [al:Nothin' But The Blues - Volume 5 (Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Blind Willie McTell/Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry [00:07.73]You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:12.90] [00:15.17]You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:20.31] [00:22.22]My mother and father have gone [00:24.86] [00:25.52]Left me in this world alone [00:28.50]You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:33.09] [00:35.31]My father was a roll sport and a gambler too [00:39.62] [00:41.73]And he left me here just singin' the blues [00:46.48] [00:48.08]I hope my heart will change [00:51.23]I don't want to die the same [00:54.11]You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:58.67] [01:00.68]Put a wreath of flowers at my right side [01:04.73] [01:06.96]Then you'll know that McTell's satisfied [01:11.26] [01:13.07]Put a bouquet in my breast [01:15.41] [01:16.00]You know poor boy's gone to rest [01:18.89]You must lay some flowers on my grave [01:23.45] [01:25.41]Now when this old building is fallin' down [01:29.47] [01:31.43]Just lay me six feet in the cold cold ground [01:35.92] [01:37.34]Wrap me up in the solid clay [01:39.46] [01:40.27]'Cause I come here to die one day [01:42.61]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave [01:47.27] [01:49.17]Put a morning glory at my head and feet [01:52.89] [01:55.08]Then you'll know that McTell's gone to sleep [01:58.89] [02:00.99]On my headboard write my name [02:03.33] [02:03.93]I leave 'em many girl's heart in pain [02:06.16]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave [02:10.89] [02:12.95]Don't snatch the pillow from under my head [02:16.58] [02:18.75]Don't grieve and worry after the days I'm dead [02:22.46] [02:24.56]When I bid you this last goodbye [02:26.99] [02:27.55]Don't none of you womens cry [02:30.12]You just lay some flowers on my grave [02:34.45] [02:36.24]Now when I'm gone to come no more [02:39.83] [02:42.06]And the old pallbearers lay me low [02:45.64] [02:47.66]When you hear that coffin sound [02:49.82] [02:50.42]You'll know McTell is in the ground [02:52.56]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave [02:57.37] [02:59.13]Now when the poor boy's dead and gone [03:02.85] [03:04.66]I'm left in this old world all alone [03:08.40] [03:10.33]When you hear that church bell toll [03:12.47] [03:13.08]You'll know McTell's dead and gone [03:15.22]Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave