Go Dig My Grave

Go dig my grave

Both wide and deep

Place a marble stone

At my head and feet

And on my breast

A snow white dove

To tell this world

That I died for love

Oh lordy Lord

Oh lordy me

Oh Lord, oh Lord

Oh lordy me

She went upstairs

For to make her bed

And not one word

To her mother said

Her mother she

Went upstairs, too

Saying, "Daughter, oh daughter

What troubles you?"

"Oh, mama dear

I cannot tell

That railroad boy

That I loved so well

He courted me

My life away

And now with me

He will not stay"

Oh lordy Lord

Oh lordy me

Oh Lord, oh Lord

Oh lordy me

Her father he

Came home from work

Saying, "Where's my daughter?

She seemed so hurt"

He went upstairs

For to give her hope

And he found her hanging

By a rope

Oh lordy Lord

Oh lordy me

Oh Lord, oh Lord

Oh lordy me

He got his knife

For to cut her down

And in her bosom

These words he found

Go dig my grave

Both wide and deep

Place a marble stone

At my head and feet

And on my breast

A snow white dove

To tell this world

That I died for love

Oh lordy Lord

Oh lordy me

Oh Lord, oh Lord

Oh lordy me