Oh stop and listen : hear those bells a‑tone
I found my faro : lying on a cooling board
Says today has been : a long old lonesome day
Seems like tomorrow : mama going to be the same old way
Now don't your house look lonesome : when a hearse roll
in front of your door
I found my faro : lying on a cooling board
Says and it smokes like lightning : and it *faro* shine
like gold
I wouldn't have seen her : not to save nobody's soul
Lord then I ain't going down : that big road by myself
If I don't carry you : mama I'm going to carry somebody
else
And I followed my faro : to the new burying ground
Watch the pallbearers : when they lay my faro down