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Dig My Grave with a Silver Spade (II)/You Can Dig My Grave (with A Silver Spade)
NOTE: This is the song: "You can dig my grave with a silver spade (x3),
'Cause I ain't gonna stay here long."
Traditional Spiritual;
ARTIST: from various sources
YOUTUBE:
SHEET MUSIC:
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel;
DATE: early 1900s;
RECORDING INFO: Dig My Grave with a Silver Spade
BALLAD INDEX: Dig My Grave with a Silver Spade
DESCRIPTION: "You can dig my grave with a silver spade (x3), 'Cause I ain't gonna stay here long." "There's a long white robe in heaven for me...." "There's a starry crown in heaven for me...." "There's a golden harp up in Heaven for me...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silber-FSWB, p. 351, "You Can Dig My Grave" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Deep Blue Sea (II)" (floating lyrics)
cf. "Down by the Weeping Willow Tree" (lyrics)
OTHER NAMES: "Dig My Grave (With a Silver Spade)" "Dig My Grave"
RELATED TO: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" "Buryin' Ground" songs
SOURCES: Folk Index;
NOTES: "Dig My Grave with a Silver Spade (II)" is a traditional spiritual that is a campfire song. I'll need to compare versions to determine the relationship with "Dig My Grave with a Silver Spade (I)."
It is a different but related lyrically to "Dig My Grave with a Silver Spade (I)" which is related to "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" known under other titles including: One Kind Favor; Sad and Lonesome Day; Six White Horses; Ain't It Hard; I Don't Want to Be Buried in the Storm.
You Can Dig My Grave (with A Silver Spade)
You can dig my grave with a silver spade
You can dig my grave with a silver spade
You can dig my grave with a silver spade
'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer
There's a long white robe up in heaven for me
There's a long white robe up in heaven for me
There's a long white robe up in heaven for me
'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer
There's a starry crown up in heaven for me
There's a starry crown up in heaven for me
There's a starry crown up in heaven for me
'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer
There's a pair of wings up in heaven for me
There's a pair of wings up in heaven for me
There's a pair of wings up in heaven for me
'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer
There's a golden harp up in heaven for me
There's a golden harp up in heaven for me
There's a golden harp up in heaven for me
'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer
You just pluck one string and the whole heavens ring
You just pluck one string and the whole heavens ring
You just pluck one string and the whole heavens ring
'Cause I ain't gonna be here much longer
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