Dust to Dust - Martin Carthy

[00:00.47]Digging graves is my delight
[00:03.82]Digging graves for you to lie in
[00:09.8]Digging graves from morn' till night
[00:13.28]I makes me living from the dying
[00:19.44]Digging graves the whole day long
[00:22.92]And as I dig I sing this song
[00:26.79]To anybody that comes along
[00:30.75]Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
[00:37.38]And so begins my song
[00:44.4]Rich and poor all come the same
[00:47.7]I bury you all there's none as favour
[00:53.28]Don't spend your life in seeking gain;
[00:57.22]No gold from death will ever save you
[01:03.62]Mighty men with wealth and riches
[01:07.54]Beggars too in rags and stitches;
[01:11.3]All end up in the wooden britches
[01:15.03]Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
[01:21.28]And so my song goes on
[01:28.07]Some we bury with foul diseases
[01:32.06]Some will die still young and pretty
[01:37.41]Death will take just who it pleases
[01:41.29]For in death there is no pity
[01:46.93]Mangled men with sightless eyes
[01:50.61]Babes in arms and maids like wives
[01:54.619995]Fit or foolish weak or wise
[01:58.41]Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
[02:04.71]And so I sing my song
[02:11.26]You might be dancing in the street
[02:14.95]You might be gay you might be grieving
[02:20.86]You might be singing a song so sweet
[02:24.39]But you'll not cheat death there's no deceiving
[02:31.4]In the street or in the hall
[02:34.99]Whether you skip or whether you crawl
[02:38.81]Death could come any time at all
[02:42.56]Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
[02:49.05]And so my song goes on
[02:55.97]Death come early death come late
[02:59.3]It takes us all there is no reason
[03:05.12]For every purpose under heaven
[03:08.91]To each a turn to each a season
[03:15.14]A time to weep and a time to sigh
[03:19.05]A time to laugh and a time to cry
[03:22.72]A time to be born and a time to die
[03:26.51]Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
[03:33.11]And so I end my song
[03:38.36]Dust To Dust - Martin Carthy