Everyone suspected ole Willie's time was near   ‘Cause lately he'd been talkin' ‘bout the Lord & leavin' here   He said if I fight the devil when I die I know I'll lose   To sing my soul to Heaven ‘for the devil gets the news      Well, everybody cried when poor ole Willie died   And his old flat top guitar was that all Willie left behind   They took it to the graveyard when they laid him down to rest   Someone tuned it up and answered Willie's last request      Chorus:   The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine St. gathered ‘round   They believe Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate   Before his body touched the ground   They sang “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound”   I come to the garden alone   The Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine St. sang ole Willie home      There's an ole flat top guitar on the wall behind the bar   And somewhere there's a twinkle in a far distant star   Now that ole Satan raised some Hell when he finally got the news   That the only soul that Willie left   Was on a pair of his worn out shoes      Repeat Chorus      We believe they sang ole Willie home