Song Description
My arrangement/cover of Bukka White's classic Delta blues song.
| Song Length |
4:02 |
Genre |
Blues - Delta, Blues - Traditional |
| Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Subject |
Existence, Darkness |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1920 - 1929 |
Lyrics
FIXIN' TO DIE
I'm looking funny in my eyes, I believe I'm fixin' to die, believe I'm fixin' to die
Looking funny in my eyes, I believe I'm fixin' to die
I know I was born to die, but I hate to leave my children cryin'
Just as sure as we live, well, sure we're born to die, sure we're born to die
Sure as we live, sure we're born to die
I know I was born to die, but I hate to leave my children cryin'
Your mother treated me like I was her baby child, was her baby child
Mother treated me like -
Why I tried so hard to come back home and die
So many nights at the fireside my children's mother would cry, my children's mother would cry
At the fireside my children's mother would cry
I told that mother I had to say goodbye
Look over yonder, people, on the burying ground, on the burying ground
Over yonder, people, on the burying ground
Yonder stand ten thousand, ah, just to lower me down
Mother take my children back before they let me down, before they let me down
Mother take my children before they let me down
I don't need them screamin' and cryin' in the graveyard ground