got a letter this morning how you reckon it read said hurry hurry gal you love is dead got a letter this morning how do you reckon read it said hurry hurry the gal you love is dead well grabbed up my suitcase took off down the road when i go there she was laying on the cooling board grabbed my suitcase and i took off down the road well when i got there she was laying on the cooling board well walked up real close i looked down in her face that good old gal gonna lay here till judgment day walked real close looking down in her face well she s a good ol gal gonna lay here till judgment day ohh hush thought i heard her call my name it wasn t so loud so nice and plain mmm mmm hhmmm well wasn t so loud whoah so nice and plain i ain t love but four women in my life my mother and my sister dead gal and my wife only loved four women in my life well my mother and my sister dead gal and my wife look like ten thousand standing around the burial ground didn t know i loved her till they laid her down ten thousand standing around the burial ground well i didn t know i loved her till they began to lay her down laid her down