Subj : Re: Happy, Shiny SotD
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Tyler Trafford
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 15:19:01

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson wrote:
> 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.

I LIKE TO MAKE IT A SURPRISE.
-- 
Tyler Trafford

"If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"
		-- "Ma" Ferguson, Governor of Texas (circa 1920)

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