Go On Ahead and Go Home - Iris DeMent

Go on ahead and go home

Go on ahead and go home

Boy, you’ve done your best

Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam

Go on ahead and go home

Go on ahead and go home

The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead

You won’t be alone

Go let your mama see you smile

Go let your mama see you smile

Mama’s going to wait however long it takes

But it’s sure been awhile

Go let your mama see you smile

Go let your mama see you smile

She’s standing in the sun saying

«Boy, your works been done a long, long mile»

Down where the cotton grows tall

Down where the cotton grows tall

Where the bramble rose and blue hydrangea grows

Beside the old mare’s stall

Down where the cotton grows tall

Down where the cotton grows tall

And a fragrant delta breeze shakes the cypress trees

Down deep in the Fall

In the deep of the night, In the deep of the night

By the river so still where sorrows come to heal

And wrongs are made right

Down in the deep of the night, In the deep of the night

On a creaking porch swing, the ancient ones sing

«everything is alright»