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Willie Nelson – Gravedigger lyrics
Cyrus Jones 1810 to 1913
Made his
Great grandchildren believe
He could live to a 103
A hundred and three is forever
When you're just a little kid
So, Cyrus Jones lived forever

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

Muriel Stonewall 1903 to 1954
She lost both of her babies
In the second great war
Now, you should never have
To watch your only children
Lowered in the ground
That means
You should never have
To bury your own babies

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

Ring around the rosey
Pocket full o'posey
Ashes to ashes
We all fall down

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger

Little Mikey Carson '67 to '75
He rode his bike
Like the devil
Until the day he died
When he grows up
He wants to be
Mr. Vertigo
On the flying trapeze
Oh, 1940 to 1992

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Grave digger

When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
I can feel the rain
I can feel the rain

Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
Grave digger
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Cyrus Jones 1810 to 1913 Made his Great grandchildren believe He could live to a 103 A hundred and three is forever When you're just a little kid So, Cyrus Jones lived forever Gravedigger When you dig my grave Could you make it shallow So that I can feel the rain Gravedigger Muriel Stonewall 1903 to 1954 She lost both of her babies In the second great war Now, you should never have To watch your only children Lowered in the ground That means You should never have To bury your own babies Gravedigger When you dig my grave Could you make it shallow So that I can feel the rain Gravedigger Ring around the rosey Pocket full o'posey Ashes to ashes We all fall down Gravedigger When you dig my grave Could you make it shallow So that I can feel the rain Gravedigger Little Mikey Carson '67 to '75 He rode his bike Like the devil Until the day he died When he grows up He wants to be Mr. Vertigo On the flying trapeze Oh, 1940 to 1992 Gravedigger When you dig my grave Could you make it shallow So that I can feel the rain Grave digger When you dig my grave Could you make it shallow So that I can feel the rain I can feel the rain I can feel the rain Gravedigger When you dig my grave Could you make it shallow So that I can feel the rain Gravedigger Grave digger Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: CHRISTOPHER LAVERY, DAVID PROCTOR, KEVIN MATTHEWS, STEPHEN GILDEA, STEVEN NIXON
Gravedigger lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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