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Dig My Grave
[
Roud 15633
; Ballad Index FSWB350B
; trad.]
The Galliards (Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor, Shirley Bland and Leon Rosselson) sang this Bahamian spiritual in 1962 on Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor's Decca album A Rovin'.
Chaim Tannenbaum sang lead vocals on Dig My Grave on Kate & Anna McGarrigle's 1998 CD The McGarrigle Hour. The sleeve notes commented:
A Bahamian rhyming spiritual learned from a favourite Sam Charter anthology, this song played a special part in Kate and Anna's shows for many years as a showcase for Chaim's extraordinary singing.
This video shows them in a June 1984 TV concert recorded at the Red Creek Inn in Rochester NY:
Jon Boden got Dig My Grave from the McGarrigles' album and sang it as the 30 October 2010 entry of his project A Folk Song a Day.
Lyrics
Chaim Tannenbaum sings Dig My Grave | Jon Boden sings Dig My Grave |
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Go and dig my grave both long and narrow, |
Go and dig my grave both long and narrow, |
And it's two, two to my hand, |
Well it's two, two to my hand, |
My little soul's going to shine like a star, |
My little soul's gonna shine like a star, |
Go and dig my grave both long and narrow, |