I don’t want you all to grieve after me.
An’ I will walk through the valley in peace,
An’ I will walk through the valley in peace.
Oh, when I’m dead an’ buried in my col’, silent tomb,
I don’t want you all to grieve after me.
My dear mother, don’t you grieve after me,
My dear mother, don’t you grieve after me.
Oh, when I’m dead an’ buried in my col’, silent tomb,
I don’t want you all to grieve after me.
My ol’ uncle, don’t you grieve after me, etc.[84]