Oh Death Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

Oh death 

Oh death 

Won't you spare me over til another year 

Well what is this that I can't see 

With ice cold hands taking hold of me 

Well I am death none can excel 

I'll open the door to heaven or hell 

Whoa death someone would pray 

Could you wait to call me til another day 

The children pray the preacher preached 

Time and mercy is out of your reach 

I'll fix your feet til you can't walk 

I'll lock your jaw til you can't talk 

I'll close your eyes so you can't see 

This very hour come and go with me 

In death I come to take the soul 

Leave the body and leave it cold 

To drop the flesh off of the frame 

The earth and worms both have a claim 

Oh death 

Oh death 

Won't you spare me over til another year 

My mother came to my bed 

Place a cold towel upon my head 

My head is warm my feet are cold 

Death is a movin upon my soul 

Oh death how you're treatin me 

You close my eyes so I can't see 

Well you're hurtin my body you make me cold 

You run my life right out of my soul 

Oh death please consider my age 

Please don't take me at this stage 

My wealth is all at your command 

If you'll remove your icy hands 

Oh the young the rich or poor 

All alike to me you know 

No wealth no land no silver or gold 

Nothin satisfies my but your soul 

Oh death 

Oh death 

Won't you spare me over til another year 

Won't you spare me over til another year 

Won't you spare me over til another year