THE LAST OLD SHOVEL
(Alton Delmore)

The Louvin Brothers - 1960
Grandpa Jones - 1969
Ted Lundy & The Southern Mountain Boys - 1973
Phyllis Boyens & Hazel Dickens - 1978
The Cherryholmes Family Band - 2002
Flat Mountain Girls - 2003

Also recorded by: Delmore Brothers; Delia Bell & Bill Grant.


They buried her on the side of the mountain
There my darling sleeps in the ground
I stayed by her side 'til they covered her over
And the last old shovel was laid down

Till the last old shovel was laid down, laid down
Till the last old shovel was laid down
I stayed by her side and I cried and I cried
When the last old shovel was laid down

I think of her when it's stormy and raining
In that mountain far away
I long to be laid by her side on that mountain
There'll be rest for me on that day

There'll be rest for me on that day, that day
There'll be rest for me on that day
I long to be laid by her side on that mountain
On that mountain far away

Oh bury me where my true love is sleeping
Where she lies in that lonesome ground
I'll find sweet rest by the side of my darling
When the last old shovel is laid down

When the last old shovel is laid down, laid down
When the last old shovel is laid down
I'll find sweet rest by the side of my darling
When the last old shovel is laid down


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ALTERNATE VERSION:


Oh, they burried her on the side of the mountain
Now my darlin`s sleepin' in the ground
I stayed right there 'til they covered her over
'Til the last old shovel`s laid down

'Til the last old shovel is laid down
'Til the last old shovel is laid down
I stayed right there and I was crying and crying
'Til the last old shovel`s laid down

I think of her in the storm and in the rain
In the mountain far away
And I long to be layin' by the side of my darlin'
There`ll be rest for me on that day

There'll be rest for me on that day
There'll be rest for me on that day
Oh, I long to be layin' by the side of my darlin'
There`ll be rest for me on that day

Oh, bury me where my true love is sleeping
Where she lies on that cold lonesome ground
I'll find sweet peace by the side of my darlin'
When the last old shovel is laid down

When the last old shovel is laid down
When the last old shovel is laid down
I'll find sweet peace by the side of my darlin'
When the last old shovel is laid down


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