[Verse 1]
Well, I be gone these lonesome days
I'll return again, here is what I'll say
"Go dig my grave both wide and deep
Place a marble stone at my head and my feet"

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me

[Verse 2]
She went upstairs to make her be
And not one word to her mama said
Her mama, she went upstairs too
Says, "Daughter, oh daughter, what troubles you?"
Oh mama dear, I can not tell
That railroad boy I love so well
He courted me, my love away
And now with me he will not stay

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me

[Verse 3]
Her papa, he come home from work
Says, "Where's my daughter, she seems so hurt"
He went upstairs just to give her ho
And he found her hanging from a rope
[Chorus]
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me

[Verse 4]
Well, he took his knife and he 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 my feet
And on my breast a snow-white dove
To tell this world I died for love"

[Chorus]
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lordie me