Death Letter

Got a letter this morning how you reckon it read
Said hurry hurry gal you love is dead
Got a letter this morning how do you reckon read
It said 'hurry hurry the gal you love is dead'
Well, grabbed up my suitcase took off down the road
When I go there she was laying on the cooling board
Grabbed my suitcase and
I took off down the road
Well when
I got there she was laying on the cooling board
Well, walked up real close
I looked down in her face
That good old gal gonna lay here till judgment daywalked real close, looking down in her face
Well shes a good ol gal, gonna lay here till judgment day
Ohh hush, thought
I heard her call my name
It wasnt so loud, so nice and plain
Mmm mmm hhmmm
Well, wasnt so loud, whoah so nice and plain
I aint love but four women in my life
My mother and my sister, dead gal and my wife
Only loved four women in my life
Well my mother and my sister, dead gal and my wife
Look like ten thousand standing around the burial ground
Didnt know
I loved her till they laid her down
Ten thousand standing around the burial ground
Well I didnt know
I loved her till they began to lay her down
Laid her down