Death Letter Blues

I got a letter this mornin'
I say now, how do y'all reckon it read?
I said I got a letter this mornin'
I say now, how do y'all reckon it read?

It said, "Hurry, hurry!"
"'Cause the girl you love is dead"

You know, I grabbed up my suitcase
And I took off down the road
I grabbed up my suitcase
And yeah, I took off down the road

You know when I got there
She's layin' on a coolin' board
Well, I walked up right close
And I looked down in her face

Yeah, ooh
Yeah, I looked down in her face

You know she was good ol' gal
She got to lay here 'til the Judgment Day

Well, it looked like ten thousand people
Was standin' round the buryin' ground
Yeah, looked like it was ten thousand people
They were standin' round the buryin' ground

You know I didn't know that I loved her
Until they began to let her down

Ohh, I folded up my arms
I said I, I slowly walked away
I folded up my arms
Yeah I, I slowly walked away

I said, "Farewell, farewell honey"
"I'll meet you on Judgment Day"

Yes, I went in my room
I said I bowed down to pray
I went in my room
Yeah, I bowed down to pray

I said but the blues came along
Yeah, and drove my spirit away

I gets up in the mornin'
Feelin' so sick and bad
Yes, I gets up soon the mornin'
I said, I be feeling so sick and bad

You know I'll be just thinkin' about the good times
And assume that I once had
You know I didn't feel so bad
'Til the good Lord sun went down

You know I didn't feel so bad
Until the good Lord sun went down

You know I didn't have a soul
To throw my arms around