Classic Poem

There's two white horses in a line
There's two white horses in a line
There's two white horses
in / a / line
Gonna carry me to my burying ground

My heart stopped beating and my hands got cold
My heart stopped beating and my hands got cold
My heart stopped beating
and my hands / got / cold
It's a long old way and I had to go

Did you ever hear the church bell tone
Did you ever hear the church bell tone
Did you ever hear.
church / bell / tone
Then you know that the poor boy's dead and gone

It's a long old lane and it ain't got no end
It's a long old lane and it ain't got no end
It's a long old lane
ain't got / no / end
It's a bad old wind don't never change

Go dig my grave with a silver spade
Go dig my grave with a silver spade
Go dig my grave
sil- / ver / spade
You can lower me down with a golden chain

Did you ever hear the coffin sound
Did you ever hear the coffin sound
Did you ever hear
co- / ffin / sound
Then you know that the poor boy's in the ground