Subj : Re: Happy, Shiny SotD
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 08:31:17

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Tyler Trafford wrote:

> Jim Larson wrote:
>> This came up recently in regard to Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?
>>
>> O Death
>> Ralph Stanley
>>
>> O, Death,
>> O, Death,
>> Won't you spare me over til another year?
>> Well, what is this that I can't see
>> With ice cold hands takin' hold of me?
>> Well, I am Death, none can excel,
>> I'll open the door to heaven or hell.
>> "Whoa, Death", someone would pray,
>> "Could you wait to call me another day?"
>> The children prayed, the preacher preached,
>> Time and mercy is out of your reach.
>> I'll fix your feet so you can't walk.
>> I'll lock your jaw so you can't talk.
>> I'll close your eyes so you can't see.
>> This very hour, come and go with me.
>> I'm Death; I come to take the soul,
>> Leave the body and leave it cold,
>> To drop the flesh off of the frame;
>> The earth and worm both have a claim.
>> O, Death,
>> O, Death,
>> Won't you spare me over til another year?
>> My mother came to my bed,
>> Placed a cold towel upon my head.
>> My head is warm, my feet are cold.
>> Death is a-movin upon my soul.
>> Oh, Death how you're treating me.
>> You've closed my eyes so I can't see.
>> Well, you're hurting my body,
>> You make me cold.
>> You run my life right out of my soul.
>> Oh, Death please consider my age.
>> Please don't take me at this stage.
>> My wealth is all at your command
>> If you will move your icy hand.
>> Oh, the young, the rich or poor
>> Hunger like me you know.
>> No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold
>> Nothing satisfies me but your soul.
>> O, Death,
>> O, Death,
>> Won't you spare me over til another year?
>> Won't you spare me over til another year?
>> Won't you spare me over til another year?
> 
> MAYBE.

I don't cotton to wishy-washy Deaths.

-- 
Jim

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