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I'm gonna walk to de graveyard / 'Hind ma friend Miss Cora Lee.
Gonna walk to de graveyard / 'Hind ma dear friend Cora Lee / Cause when I'm dead some / Body'll have to walk behind me.
I'm goin' to de po' house / To see ma old Aunt Clew.
Goin' to de po' house / To see ma old Aunt Clew.
When I'm old an' ugly / I'll want to see somebody, too.
De po' house is lonely / An' de grave is cold.
O, de po' house is lonely, / De graveyard grave is cold.
But I'd rather be dead than / To be ugly an' old.
When love is gone what / Can a young gal do?
When love is gone, O, / What can a young gal do?
Keep on a-lovin' me, daddy, / Cause I don't want to be blue.