Waring Cuney, "Suicide" (1928)
She was down by the river
Lawdy, Lawd,
Please forgive her.
Gamblers got her man
And beat him dead.
Gamblers broke a chair
Across his head.
Lawdy, Lawd,
Please forgive her,
She's gone to sleep
Beneaf the river.
Published in Carolina Magazine, May 1928