| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| The Devil has come to carry me home,
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| lay me at the bottom... the bottom of the river.
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| Oh my Lord take this hand,
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| save me from the gallows.
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| Hear this news, bear my gold
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| lay me in the shallows.
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| Evil will come if you call my name,
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| the wicked day shall rise.
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| The river's sins gonna wash me clean,
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| the river don't run dry.
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| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| The Devil has come to carry me home,
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| lay me at the bottom... the bottom of the river.
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| Oh my Lord here my woe
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| there's blood upon the valley.
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| Take this sword to kill i've done,
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| deliver me from worry.
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| The devil's hands gonna strike me down,
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| cut me to my grave.
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| The river's songs gonna pull me through,
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| the river she can save.
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| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| The Devil has come to carry me home,
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| lay me at the bottom... the bottom of the
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| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| The Devil has come to carry me home,
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| lay me at the bottom
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| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| The Devil has come to carry me home,
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| lay me at the bottom, the bottom of the river.
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| Oh my Lord take this soul,
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| lay me at the bottom of the river.
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| The Devil has come to carry me home,
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| lay me at the bottom... the bottom of the river. |