I got a letter this morning

How do

You reckon it read?

"Hurry the gal you love is dead"? I got a letter this morning

I'm wonderin'

How you reckon it read

He say, "hurry, hurry"

"On account that gal you love is dead" I grabbed up my suitcase

I took off down the road

When I got there she was laying

On the coolin' board

Yes, I grabbed up my suitcase I took off down the road When I got there

She was laying

'Lain on the coolin' board: Well,

I walked up right close

I look down in her face

Oh, good gal

Gotta lay here 'til judgment day I said I walked up right close

I said I look down in her face Oh, the good ol' gal!

Gotta lay here 'til judgment day: Look like ten thousand people

Standing 'round the burying ground

I didn't know I loved her 'til they laid her down Look like ten thousand

Standing 'round the burial ground I didn't know that I love her

'Til they laid her down: Well,

I fol' up my arms

I slowly walk away

I say

Farewell honey. I see you judgment day. Yeah, with nobody:

I slowly walk away Farewell! Farewell! I see you judgment day: You know

I didn't feel so bad 'til the good ol' sun when down

I didn't have a soul

To throw my arms around I didn't feel so bad

'Til the good ol' sun down I didn't have a soul To throw my arms around: You know it's so hard to love

Someone

Don't love you Look like it ain't satisfaction

Don't care what you do

Yeah: so hard

To love

Someone

Don't love you Seem like it ain't satisfaction

Don't care what you do: Well,

I woke up this mornin'

The break of day

Just huggin' the pillows

She used to lay

I say, soon.

This morning

At break of day Just huggin' the pillows

Where my good gal used to lay: And I got up

This morning

Feeling

'Round for my shoes

You know I must have

The walking blues I say, soon.

This morning

Feeling 'round for my shoes You know

Nobody? I must have the walking blues: Hush!

Thought I heard her call my name

Wasn't so loud

So nice and plain I say, soon.

This morning

I slowly walk away Oh, good gal

Lay here 'til judgment day