Kiss me mother kiss your darlin'   Lay my head upon your breast   Throw your loving arms around me   I am weary let me rest      Seems the light is swiftly fading   Brighter scenes they do now show   I am standing by the river   Angels wait to take me home      Kiss me mother kiss your darlin'   See the pain upon my brow   While I'll soon be with the angels   Fate has doomed my future now      Through the years you've always loved me   And my life you've tried to save   But now I shall slumber sweetly   In a deep and lonely grave      Kiss me mother kiss your darlin'   Lay my head upon your breast   Throw your loving arms around me   I am weary let me rest   I am weary let me rest