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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lankum
Lankum
Performer
Cormac Dermody
Cormac Dermody
Fiddle
Daragh Lynch
Daragh Lynch
Guitar
Ian Lynch
Ian Lynch
Vocals
John Murphy
John Murphy
Musician
Radie Peat
Radie Peat
Vocals
John Dermody
John Dermody
Musician
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Cormac Dermody
Cormac Dermody
Composer
Daragh Lynch
Daragh Lynch
Composer
Ian Lynch
Ian Lynch
Composer
John Murphy
John Murphy
Composer
Radie Peat
Radie Peat
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lankum
Lankum
Producer
John Murphy
John Murphy
Producer
Harvey Birrell
Harvey Birrell
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Go dig my grave
Both wide and deep
Place a marble stone
At my head and feet
And on my breast
A snow white dove
To tell this world
That I died for love
[Chorus]
Oh lordy Lord
Oh lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Oh lordy me
[Instrumental]
She went upstairs
For to make her bed
And not one word
To her mother said
Her mother she
Went upstairs, too
Saying, "Daughter, oh daughter
What troubles you?"
"Oh, mama dear
I cannot tell
That railroad boy
That I loved so well
He courted me
My life away
And now with me
He will not stay"
[Chorus]
Oh lordy Lord
Oh lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Oh lordy me
[Verse 2]
Her father he
Came home from work
Saying, "Where's my daughter?
She seemed so hurt"
He went upstairs
For to give her hope
And he found her hanging
By a rope
[Chorus]
Oh lordy Lord
Oh lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Oh lordy me
[Verse 3]
He got his knife
For to 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
A snow white dove
To tell this world
That I died for love
[Chorus]
Oh lordy Lord
Oh lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Oh lordy me
Written by: Cormac Dermody, Daragh Lynch, Ian Lynch, John Murphy, Radie Peat

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