When I Pop My Clogs (String Band Version)

When I finally pop my clogs, lay my body along

Springwater creek to sleep, with the polliwogs

When I finally give up the ghost, dump me the park

Let the coyotes, tear me apart

Do what you want with me

Just promise me one thing

Don't grieve any longer than you need to grieve

Get back to living

When I finally go tits up, put my ashes in a cup

Bury me by the willow tree for good luck

When I finally shuffle off this mortal coil

Take me to the mountains

To mingle with the soil

Do what you want with me

Just promise me one thing

Don't grieve any longer than you need to grieve

Get back to living

Will I see it coming

Will my life flash 'fore my eyes

When I meet my maker

I hope it's a surprise

Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo

When my bucket's finally kicked, feed me to the birds.

Let hawks and buzzard take their turns

When I finally fall off my perch, have me stuffed

Then throw me off the Chimney Bluffs

Do what you want with me

Just promise me one thing

Don't grieve any longer than you need to grieve

Get back to living