Carter Family Song Lyrics

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Away Out on the Saint Sabbath

 

Away out on the old saint Sabbath

Lay down to take my rest

My knapsack for my pillow

And my gun upon my chest

 

Please dont bury me on the lonesome prairie

Please dont bury me on the lone prairie

You can bury me in the east

You can bury me in the west

Please dont bury me on the lone prairie

My father he lies sleeping

Beneath the deep blue sea

I have no father no mother

There's none but hell and me

 

My mother she lies sleeping

Beneath the church yard rocks

Her body lies there moldering

And her spirit has gone to God