Go Dig My Grave
from The Rhizome Project by Moira Smiley
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Traditional English American ballad
Additional words and music by Jean Ritchie
Arranged by Jean Ritchie, Moira Smiley, and Merrill Garbus
Following love when you are without choices
© 1962 Geordie Music Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
© 2023 Moira Smiley Music Publishing, ASCAP. All Rights Reserved.
Additional words and music by Jean Ritchie
Arranged by Jean Ritchie, Moira Smiley, and Merrill Garbus
Following love when you are without choices
© 1962 Geordie Music Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
© 2023 Moira Smiley Music Publishing, ASCAP. All Rights Reserved.
lyrics
Well I'll be gone these lonesome days
I turn again, these words I say:
Go dig my grave both wide and deep
Place a marble stone at my head and feet
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
She went upstairs just to make her bed
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 cannot tell
That railroad boy I love so well..
He courted me, my love away
And now with me he will not stay"
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
Her papa he come home from work
Says where's my daughter?
She seems so hurt
He went upstairs just to give her hope
And he found her hanging from a rope
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
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 feet
And on my breast place a snow white dove
To tell this world I died for love"
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
I turn again, these words I say:
Go dig my grave both wide and deep
Place a marble stone at my head and feet
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
She went upstairs just to make her bed
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 cannot tell
That railroad boy I love so well..
He courted me, my love away
And now with me he will not stay"
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
Her papa he come home from work
Says where's my daughter?
She seems so hurt
He went upstairs just to give her hope
And he found her hanging from a rope
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
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 feet
And on my breast place a snow white dove
To tell this world I died for love"
Oh Lord oh Lord oh Lordie me (x2)
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from The Rhizome Project,
track released September 6, 2024
Jean Ritchie, Moira Smiley, Merrill Garbus
Jean Ritchie, Moira Smiley, Merrill Garbus
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Moira Smiley Bristol, Vermont
Moira Smiley is a Singer / Composer. Touring & writing with the finest in various worlds of music, she brings clarity and visceral emotion to any song she sings. She accompanies herself on banjo, accordion, piano, and hand & body percussion. She's toured with Tune-Yards and Solas among many others. Moira recently sang with Tune-Yards on Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. ... more
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