-J.Cash- Recorded 3/12/59 Nashville, TN Songs of Our Soil (1959) KEY: Bb / CAPO: 1 / PLAY: A VERSE: A E I live in the cemetery D A Oh Caretaker they call me E In the winter time I rake the leaves D A And in the summer I cut the weeds A D A When a funeral comes the people cry and pray E A They bury their dead then they all go away D A But thru their grief I still can see E A Their hate and greed and jealousy D A So here I work and I somehow hide EA D A And each night when I rest my head E D A I'm contented as the peaceful dead CHORUS: A But who's gonna cry when old John dies E D A Who's gonna cry when old John dies VERSE: Once I was a young man Dashing with the girls Now no one wants an old man I lost my handsome curls But I wanna say when my time comes Lay me facing the rising sun Put me in a corner where I buried my pop Tell the preacher to pray and cover me up Don't lay flowers where my head should be Maybe God will let some grow from me And all the little childern that I loved like my own Will they be sorry that old John's gone CHORUS: Who's gonna cry when old John dies Who's gonna cry when old John dies