Well, it makes no difference what part
of the world a man or woman are
When death lay hands upon you, my friend,
you'll think about your dear old mother
And she won't pass you by,
she'll do all the good she can
Sing, mother, sing, well,
the doctor's driven up to my gate
Believe my child,
you have waited too late
Fever now's 102,
you have nary a chance you'd ever pull through
Then please death,
please have death in the morning
Please death,
waste family life just another year
Now just like a child will do
Think about mother when you get in trouble
I heard the child say
Mother, mother won't you come
down to my bed
Place a cold towel upon my head
My head is warm, my feet so cold
Death's got a shackle on my soul
Please death,
please not death in the morning
Please death, waste family life,
just another year
Mother
Blanche screamin' and cryin'
Death, my
Charlie's young,
hasn't had any pleasurable life
Spare him just a little while longer,
I heard death say
Mother, mother, the old and young
Rich and poor,
to the judgment they must go
Who says all your silver
and all your gold
Nothing satisfies me but your soul
And please death,
please not death in the morning
Please death, waste family life,
just another year
Mother ran away screaming and crying
Death and the child stood alone
I heard the child say to death
Lookie here death,
what you doing to me
Fixin' my eyes so I can't see
Chillin' my tongue where I can't talk
Fixin' my feet where I can't walk
Foldin' my arms and
leavin' me cold
Robbin' my body and my poor soul
And please, death
Please not death in the morning
Please, death
Well, spare my little life
Just another year
I heard death say to the child
I've got your number
Seen your days passin' gone,
you had your chance
You saw good people now
workin' and slavin'
You wouldn't help, you walked away
You wouldn't lend a hand,
you wouldn't bend your knee
Now you've got to come and go with me
Well, please, death
Please, not death in the mornin'
Please, death
Well, stay my little life
Just another year
you