Lyrics Crow Jane - Skip James

Crow Jane, Crow Jane, Crow Jane
Don't you hold your head high
Someday, baby, you know
You got to die
You got to lay down an —
You got to die, you got to —

You know, I wanna buy me a pistol
Wants me forty rounds of ball
Shoot Crow Jane, just to see her fall
She got to fall, she got to —
She got to fall, she got to—

That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, so high
Someday, baby, you know
You got to die
You got to lay down an —

When I dug her grave
With a silver spade
Ain't nobody gon' take
My Crow Jane place
You can't take her place
No, you can't take her —

That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, too high
Someday, baby, you know
You got to die
You got to lay down an —

You know, I let her down
With a golden chain
An ev'ry link
I would call my, Crow Jane name
Crow Jane, Crow —
Crow Jane, Crow —

You know I never missed my water
'Til my well went dry
Didn't miss Crow Jane
Until the day she died
'Til the day-ay-ay-ay she —

That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, too high
Someday, baby, you know you got to die
You got to lay down and —
You got to die, you got to —

You know, I dug her grave
Eight feet in the ground
Didn't feel sorry
Until they let her down

They had to let her down
Had-a —
They had to let her down

That's the reason I begged, Crow Jane
Not to hold her head, too high
Someday, baby, you know you got to die
You got to lay down and —