Oh, Death
     Ralph Stanley key=Am
     Judd key=Gm    bpm=116

     Oh, Death
     Oh, Death
     Won't you spare me over til another year

     Well what is this that I can't see
     With ice cold hands takin' hold of me
     Well I am death, none can excel
     I'll open the door to heaven or hell

     Whoa, death someone would pray
     Could you wait to call me another day
     The children prayed, the preacher preached
     but Time and mercy is out of your reach

     I'll fix your feet til you cant walk
     I'll lock your jaw til you cant talk
     I'll close your eyes so you can't see
     This very hour, come and go with me

     I'm death I come to take the soul
     Leave the body and leave it cold
     To draw up the flesh off of the frame
     Dirt and worm both have a claim

     Oh, Death
     Oh, Death
     Won't you spare me over til another year

     My mother came up to my bed
     she Placed a cold towel on my head
     My head is warm my feet are cold
     Death is a' movin upon my soul

     Oh, death how you're treatin' me
     You've close my eyes so I can't see
     Well you're hurtin' my body, You make me cold
     You run my life right outta my soul

     Oh death please consider my age
     Please don't take me at this stage
     My wealth is all at your command
     If you will move your icy hand

     The old, the young, the rich or poor
     they're All alike to me, you know
     No wealth, no land, no silver no gold
     Nothing satisfies me but your soul

     Oh, death
     Oh, death
     Wont you spare me over til another year
     Wont you spare me over til another year
     Wont you spare me over til another year