bury me

hey

bury me along the big sandy

down in the blue gray mountains

rest my soul in those hills of coal

until this old earth does tremble

don't you mourn for me when my soul is free

and old woman

don't you cry

just bury me along the big sandy

under a blue kentucky sky

this old town of sin

it's about to do me in

i don't know how much i can stand

with my knees on the street and my heart at their feet

i'm forced to beg from satan's hand

so

bury me along the big sandy

down in the blue gray mountains

hey

rest my soul in those hills of coal

until this old earth does tremble

oh

don't you mourn for me when my soul is free

and old woman

don't you cry

just bury me along the big sandy

under a blue kentucky sky

when i came to this land

i was strong and i could stand

oh

but now i've somehow gone astray

yet i still see the truth in the teaching of my youth

and i know that the lord ain't turned away

so bury me along the big sandy

down in the blue gray mountains

hey rest my soul in those hills of coal

until this old earth does tremble

don't you mourn for me when my soul is free

and old woman

don't you cry

just bury me along the big sandy

under a blue kentucky sky

under a blue kentucky sky

under a blue kentucky sky