Decoration Day
Burnett, Chester Arthur
Lord, I've got a woman, she's nice lovin' in ev'ryway
Lord, I've got a woman, she's nice lovin' in ev'ryway
You know she done died an left me, I had a blues on every decoration day1
So sorry to see you to leave me, I hate to see my baby get away
So sorry to see you leave me, I hate to see my baby get away
I want ya to bring me some flowers, about ev'ry decoration day
Lord, I was walkin' 'round her bedside, these was the last the words my baby had to say
Lord, walkin' 'round the bedside, these was the last words my baby had to say
She said, "Bring me some flowers, be sure, honey on ev'ry decoration day"
__________
1) decoration day, from the custom of decorating graves
on this day. The last Monday in May observed as a legal
holiday in most states of the U.S. in remembrance of war
dead.
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