Lay Some Flowers On My Grave

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