"Coffin Blues" lyrics - IDA COX

Daddy, oh daddy won't you answer me please?
Daddy, oh daddy won't you answer me please?
All day I stood by your coffin tryin' to give my poor heart ease

I run my hands over your head and whispered in your ear
I run1 my hands over your head and whispered in your ear
And I wonder if you know that your mama is near

You told me that you love me and I believe what you said
You told me that you love me and I believe what you said
And I wish that I could fall here across your coffin dead

When I left the undertaker, I couldn't help but cry
When I left the undertaker, I couldn't help but cry
And it hurt me so bad, to tell the man I love goodbye