Waring Cuney, "Old Man Death" (1928)
Keeps comin' roun'.
Dat Ole Man Death,
Keeps comin' roun'.
Last time he came
He laid ma mother down.
Each black wagon
On de line,
O Lawd, pity
Dis heart o' mine!
Old Man Death,
Keeps comin' roun'.
Dat Ole Man Death.
Keeps comin' roun'.
Last time he came
He laid ma mother down.
Two white horses
Wid eight black feet,
Carried dat hearse
Down de street.
Old Man Death,
Keeps comin' roun'.
Dat Ole Man Death,
Keeps comin' roun'.
Last time he came
He laid ma mother down.
Oh, I felt so blue
On dat track,
'Cause she wasn't
Comin' back.
Old Man Death,
Keeps comin' roun'.
Dat Ole Man Death,
Keeps comin' roun'.
Last time he came
He laid ma mother down.
Published in Saturday Evening Quill, June 1928