From the recording All Aboard The Slo Train

This old blues spiritual was, first recorded by Blind Lemon Jefferson, who later taught it to Lightnin' Hopkins. It shows how traditional writers had a knack for taking a sad subject and writing a sad sounding song about it.

Lyrics

There's one kind favor I'll ask of you
There's one kind favor I'll ask of you
Yeah, there's one kind favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean

There's two white horses in a line
There's two white horses in a line
There's two white horses in a line
Carryin' me to my buryin' ground

There's three black coaches in the rain
There's three black coaches in the rain
There's three black coaches in the rain
Empty now from their heavy load

Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Have you ever heard a coffin sound
Bein' lowered in the ground?

There's one kind favor I'll ask of you
There's one kind favor I'll ask of you
There's one kind favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean