Away out on the Old Saint Sabbath
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1. Away out on the old Saint Sabbath lay down to take my rest,
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my knapsack
for my pillow and my gun across my chest.
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Please don’t bury me on the lonesome prairie,
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please don’t bury me on the lone prairie !
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You can bury me in the east, you can bury me in
the west,
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please don’t bury me on the lone prairie !
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2. My father he lies sleeping beneath the deep blue sea,
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I have no father no mother,
there's none but Nell and me.
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3. My mother she lies sleeping beneath the church yard sod,
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her body lies there mouldering
and her spirit has gone to God.
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Recorded 5/8/34
(The Carter Family)