Good Lord I know   There's one favor I ask of you   I got one kind favor to ask of you   There's one more thing before I go   Won't you see that my grave is kept clean      It's a long long lane that ain't gonna end   It's a long long lane that ain't got no end   Here comes that train, it ain't no friend   I gotta get on board, take me there      Have you ever heard a coffin sound   Have you ever heard a coffin sound   And I think it's time to take me down   You know the poor boys in the ground      Dig my grave with a silver spade   I want you all to listen   you may place four diamonds on my grave      Have you ever heard a death bell toll   Have you ever heard a dead bell toll   Then you know the poor boys dead and gone   Then you know the poor boys dead and gone   Ooo- dead and gone