
Date of issue: 23.04.2007
Record label: Oh Boy
Song language: English
Death of Floyd Collins |
Oh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell, |
The fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well, |
His face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave, |
His body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave. |
Oh, mother don’t you worry, dear father don’t' be sad, |
I’ll tell you all my troubles in an awful dream I had, |
I dreamed I was a prisoner, my life I could not save, |
I cried «Oh must I perish within this silent cave. |
The rescue party labored, they worked both night and day, |
To move the mighty barrier that stood within their way, |
To rescue Floyd Collins, it was their battle cry, |
«We'll never, no we’ll never, let Floyd Collins die.» |
But on that fateful morning, the sun rose in the sky, |
The workers still were busy, «we'll save him by and by,» |
But oh how sad the ending, his life could not be saved, |
His body was then sleeping in the lonely sandstone cave. |
Young people, all take warning from Floyd Collin’s fate, |
And get right with your maker before it is too late. |
It may not be a Sand Cave in which we find our tomb, |
But on that day of judgment, we too must meet our doom. |
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