I feel like taking my suitcase, sitting down by that railroad side If I ever get killed baby, don't tell nobody how I died Baby please don't tell my mother, please don't let my sister know Baby please don't tell my mother, please don't let my sister know Sure as you appreciate my death baby, will you please hang crepe on your door When you walk into the undertaker, look over on your right‑hand side When you walk into the undertaker, look over on your right‑hand side You can ask the undertakers about me, they may tell you how I died Baby baby don't you worry, sugar don't you weep and moan Baby baby don't you worry, sugar don't you weep and moan You may know about bad luck baby, that your Fred is dead and gone Buy me some flowers, see how they put my body away Buy me some flowers, see how they put my body away You can tell all your friends around baby, you heard the last word I had to say When you go to the cemetery, they begin to lower my body down When you go to the cemetery, they begin to lower my body down You know that's the last of my good man, because they putting him down in the cold cold ground