Death Bells
i) Sheet music
ii) Slow-downer / pitch-shifter
iii) More info
Recorded in Houston, TX during 1948 and released as Gold Star 646
Sound like I'm hearing moaning
Death bell ringing all in my head
Sound like I can hear moaning
Death bell ringing all in my head
Yeah, I know that I was gonna
Leave on a chariot but I didn't know
What kind of chariot gonna
Take me away from here
I want you to remember every living people
Every living people is bound to die
I want you to remember every living people
Every living people is bound to die
Yeah, you know when that chariot come at you
They'll break running, try to hide
You know my mama told me
You know my papa told me too
You know my mama told me
Oh, papa told me too
He said, "You know one day, son, that chariot
Oh Lord, coming after you"
Yeah, you know the life I'm living
I've been living it for a many year
You know the life I'm living
I've been living it for a many year
I know the chariot was coming for me
But I didn't know what kind of chariot
Gonna take me away from here
Old Death always in a hurry in this land
Old Death always in a hurry in this land
Well he'll come to your house and he won't stay long
You'll look in the bed and your mother will be gone
Death always in a hurry in this land
Well he won't give you time to get ready in this land
Well he won't give you time to get ready in this land
Well he'll come to your house and he won't stay long
Well you'll look in the bed and somebody will be gone
Death won't give you time to get ready in this land