When death shall close these eyelids And this heart shall cease to beat And they lay this soul to rest In some flowery bound retreat 
Chorus Will you miss me, (miss me when I’m gone) Oh, will you miss me, (miss me when I’m gone) Will you miss me, (miss me when I’m gone) Will you miss me, when I’m gone 
Perhaps you’ll plant some flowers On my cold, unworthy grave Come and sit alone beside me Where the roses nod and wave 
When these lips shall never more Press a kiss upon thy brow But lie cold and still in death Will you love me then as now 
(from the Carter Family (1935 version)) When these footsteps ne’er are heard And these lips are pale and cold In a winding sheet of daisies This frail body you’ll enfold 
On a cold dark Sunday mornin’ In a country far away A little girl from old Kentucky Lifted up her voice to say 
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