"One Kind Favor" lyrics

"One Kind Favor"
(originally by Blind Lemon Jefferson)

Oh, well, a one kind favor I'll ask of you
Well, there's one kind favor I will ask of you
Well, there's one kind favor I will ask of you
Please see that my grave is kept clean

Oh, well, a-two white horses in a line
There's two white horses in a line
Well, there's two white horses, yeah, in a line
Gonna take me down to the burial ground

Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Did you ever hear, Lord, that coffin sound?
Then you know that the poor boy is in the ground

You can dig my grave with a silver spade
You can dig my grave with a silver spade
You can dig my grave with a silver spade
You may lead me down with a golden chain

Aw, play it for Papa Bobby

Did you ever hear the church bell toll?
Did you ever hear the church bell toll?
Did you ever hear, Lord, that church bell toll?
Then you know that the poor boy's dead and gone

It's a long, long lane, ain't got no end
It's a long, long lane, ain't got no end
Yeah, it's a long, long lane, Lord, ain't got no end
It's a bad way that don't ever change

I said it don't ever change
Ah, don't ever change
I said it don't ever change
I said it don't ever change
I said it don't ever change


Writer(s): Jerome J Garcia, Bill Vitt, Merl Saunders, Public Domain, John Kahn
album: "Boogie With Canned Heat" (1968)
Canned Heat - Boogie With Canned Heat album cover
Boogie Music
(2005 Reissue Bonus Track)
Going Up The Country
(2005 Reissue Bonus Track)
One Kind Favor
(2005 Reissue Bonus Track)
Christmas Blues
(2005 Reissue Bonus Track)
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