Lay Some Flowers on My Grave

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[00:07.25] You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:14.54] You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:21.85] My mother and father have gone [00:24.57] Left me in this world alone [00:28.27] You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:34.54] My father was a roll sport and a gambler too [00:40.97] And he loved makin' and just singin' the blues [00:47.37] I hope my heart will change [00:50.18] I don't want to die the same [00:52.93] You must lay some flowers on my grave [00:59.33] Put a wreath of flowers at my right side [01:05.78] Then you'll know that McTell's satisfied [01:12.06] Put a bouquet in my breast [01:14.72] You know poor boy's gone to rest [01:17.57] You must lay some flowers on my grave [01:24.92] Now when this old building is fallin' down [01:30.46] Just lay me six feet in the cold, cold ground [01:36.80] Wrap me up in the solid clay [01:39.67] 'Cause I come here to die one day [01:41.43] Hot mama, lay some flowers on my grave [01:48.66] What a moaning glory at my hidden feet [01:54.06] Then you'll know that McTell's gone to sleep [02:00.41] On my headboard write my name [02:03.29] I leave 'em many girl's heart in pain [02:06.83] Hot mama, lay some flowers on my grave [02:12.22] Don't snatch the pillow from under my head [02:17.67] Don't grieve and worry after the days I'm dead [02:24.02] When I bid you this last goodbye [02:26.74] Don't none of you womens cry [02:29.45] You just lay some flowers on my grave [02:35.83] Now when I'm gone, come no more [02:41.29] And [Incomprehensible] [02:46.69] When you hear that coughing sound [02:49.49] You'll know McTell is in the ground [02:52.36] Hot mama, lay some flowers on my grave [02:58.66] Now when the poor boy's dead and gone [03:04.13] I'm left in this old world all alone [03:09.54] When you hear that church bell toll [03:14.04] You'll know McTell's dead and gone [03:14.92] Hot mama, lay some flowers on my grave [03:19.47]