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I'm lookin' funny in my eyes and I believe I'm fixin' to die, believe I'm fixin' to dieI'm lookin' funny in my eyes and I believe I'm fixin' to dieI know I was born to die but I hate to leave my children cryin'Just as sho' as we livin', just as sho' we born to die, sho' we born to dieJust as sho' as we livin', sho' we born to dieI know I was born to die but I hate to leave my children cryin'Your mother treated me children like I was her baby child, was her baby childYour mother treated me like I was her baby childThat's why's I find it so hard to come back home to dieSo many nights at the fireside, how my children's mother would cry, how my children's mother would crySo many nights at the fireside, how my children's mother would cryCause I told the mother I had to say goodbyeLook over yonder, on the burying ground, on the burying groundLook over yonder, on the burying groundYon' stand ten thousand, standin' still to let me downMother take my children back, before they let me down, before they let me downMother take my children back, 'fore they let me downI don't need for them to screamin' and cryin' on the graveyard ground Aus Songtexte Mania