Papa went down to the pasture
Papa ain't coming back
Brother went down to the pasture
Devil on his back

Run Papa run, run Papa run
Run Papa, won't you run
Run Papa run, run Papa run
Run Papa, won't you run

Mother went down to the courthouse
Mother ain't coming back
I went down to the courthouse
Shotgun and an axe

Room full of bodies, flies on the wall
Room full of bodies

I went down to the churchyard
Dig myself a grave
I went down to the churchyard
Dig myself a grave

Shadows come, shadows come, come to take me away
Shadow take the dark away