Come you all and stand by my bed
Who will still be there when I am dead
Look deep into the hole of fear
Conscience may make you shed a tear
Tell me will you cry
Do not wait until I am in the earth
Come see an old man at death
Never there when I needed you
In at the last hour to be true
Will you show face like I ask
Or is it just a sympathetic mask
Come will you sit by my bed
Or will you wait until I am dead