You got to bury, bury   Bury your dyin' mother   Bury your dyin' mother    in the ground, ground, ground      Because one day, one day   One day she'll be singin'    up in the sky, sky, sky      Well one day, sister   One day your baby sister   One day your sister, she went to the river   and drowned, drowned, drowned      But one day, one day    One day she'll be dancin'    up in the sky, sky, sky      Well your father, he was lonely   your father was a drunk and lonely   your father was a drunk and lonely   said he had a terrible mouth      But one day, one day   He'll be dancin with the devil down below      Between the prophets and the Judas   there runs a river murky   there runs a river murky   said it's over ten miles wide      And we can meet out in the middle   and we can swim on up that river    'till we die, die, die