[dead]

I've heard Ralph Stanley sing this song live. It puts the creeps up your spine real bad.

[B-Chan]

“Oh Death” [Vocalion Vo02904]
Charley Patton and Bertha Lee

Oh Death
Oh Death
Oh Death
Just look, just look, just look, see what the Lord done, done
Just look, just look, just look, what the Lord done, done
Just look, well, Lordy, just look, just look what the Lord done done
Lord, I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long

It was soon one morning, oh, Lordy, when death come in the room
It was soon one morning, oh, Lordy, when death come in the room
It was soon one morning, oh, Lordy, when death come in the room
Lord, I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long

Oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, somebody's calling me
Oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, somebody's calling me
Oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, somebody's calling me
Lord, I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long

It was soon one morning, oh, Lordy, when death come in the room
It was soon one morning, oh, Lordy, when death come in the room
It was soon one morning, oh, Lordy, when death come in the room
Lord, I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long

Oh, death, oh, death, oh, death, oh, death done stole my mother and gone
Oh, death, oh, death, oh, death, oh, death done stole my mother and gone
Oh, death, oh, death, oh, death, oh, death done stole my mother and gone
Lord, I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long

Oh, move my pillow, then turn my bed around
Oh, move my pillow, then turn my bed around
Oh, move my pillow, then turn my bed around
Lord, I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long

Oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush somebody is calling me
Oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush somebody is calling me
Oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush, oh, hush somebody is calling me
Lord, I know, Lord, I know my time ain't long

[As recorded in New York City, 1 February 1934]

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