Lyrics:

I went down in Death Valley
Among the tombstones and dry bones(
That's where poor me will be
Lord when I'm dead and gone((
Now if I should die
I should die before my time
(I want you to bury my body
Down by that Frisco line((
Now bury me mama
Low down in the sand(
Now bury me mama
Where I won't bother your next old man((
Oh bye bye baby
I said goodbye
(Death Valley is my home
Mama I want to die((
Tell all the women
Please come dressed in red
(They going down SixtyOne Highway
That's where the poor boy he fell dead((
Wear your patent leather slippers
Mama put out your morning gown
(You going to follow poor Crudup
Down to his burying ground