daddy oh daddy won t you answer me please daddy oh daddy won t you answer me please all day i stood by your coffin tryin to give my poor heart ease i rub my hands over your head and whispered in your ear i rub my hands over your head and whispered in your ear and i wonder if you know that your mama s near you told me that you love me and i believed what you said you told me that you love me and i believed what you said and i wish that i could fall here across your coffin dead when i left the undertaker i couldn t help but cry and it hurt me so bad to tell the man i love goodbye