Death Letter Blues-Son House

[00:05]I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read [00:11]Said, hurry, hurry, the gal you love is dead [00:16]I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read [00:24]Said, hurry, hurry, cause the gal you love is dead [00:34]You know, i grabbed up my suitcase took off down the road [00:40]When i got there she was layin on a coolin’ board [00:44]I grabbed up my suitcase, and i took off down the road [00:52]I said, oh when i got there she was layin on a coolin’ board [01:01]You know,i walked up right close, looked down in her face [01:07]Said, the good ol’ girl got to lay here ’til the Judgment Day [01:11]And he walked up right close, and he looked down in her face [01:19]He said the good ol’ girl, got to lay here ’til the Judgment Day [01:28]You know,looked like it was 10,000 people standin’ round the buryin’ ground [01:34]I didn’t know that i loved her until they let her down [01:39]Looked like it was 10,000 standin’ round the buryin’ ground [01:47]You know,I didn’t know that he loved her until they began to let her down [01:56]You know I didn’t feel so bad, ’til the good lord sun went down [02:01]I didn’t have a soul to throw my arms around [02:06]You know I didn’t feel so bad, ’til the good lord sun went down [02:14]I said, I didn’t have a soul to throw my arms around [02:23]You know it's so hard to love someone that don't love you [02:28]Don't look like satisfaction, don't care what you do [02:33]so hard to love someone that don't love you [02:41]Don't look like satisfaction, don't care what you do [02:50]You know, love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do [02:56]Love sometimes leaves you feeling sad and blue [03:01]love's a hard ol' fall, make you do things you don't wanna do [03:11]Love sometimes leaves you feeling sad