You must lay some flowers on my grave
You must lay some flowers on my grave
My mother father is gone
Left me in this world alone
You must lay some flowers on my grave
My father was a road sport and a gambler too
And he left me here just singing the blues
I hope my heart will change
I don't want to die the same
You must lay some flowers on my grave
Put a read of flowers at my right side
Then you know that mctell satisfied
Put a bouquet in my breast
You know the poor boy's gone to rest
You must lay some flowers on my grave
Now when this old building is falling down
Just lay me six feet in the cold cold ground
Wrap me up in the silent clay
Cause I come here to die one day
Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave
Put them all in glory at my head and feet
Then you know that mctell's gone to sleep
On my headboard write my name
I left him in a gal's heart in pain
Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave
Now snatch the pillar
Don't grieve and worry
After the days that I'm dead
When I bid you this last goodbye
Don't none of you womens cry
You just lay some flowers on my grave
Now when you I'm goin' to come no more
And old hauled barons lay me low
When you hear that coffin
Sound and old mactell is in the ground
Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave
Now when the poor boy's dead and gone
I'm left in this old world all alone
When you hear the church bell tone
You know mac tells dead and gone
Hot mama lay some flowers on my grave