joe joe joe where do you go i m going to wash my sins away an angel told me so when they find me in the river tell my mother i was a good boy i m light as a leaf an angel holding hands with me no sign of sorrow no sign of grief when they find me in the river tell my mother i was a good boy joe folds his clothes and goes wading in the birds are singing in the trees there singing for me when they find me in the river tell my mother i was a good boy