Take me to the bottom
Roll me in my hearse
Take me to the bottom
Life's bin a doggone curse
I want 8 c***shooters to be my pallbearers
Let 'em be pale 'n' black
I want 9 men going to the graveyard buddy
8 men coming back
I want a gang o' gamblers gathered round my coffin side
A crooked card in my hearse
A game of blackjack played over me
Let the winner get his just desserts
(REPEAT CHORUS)
I want 6 good poolhall rumblers
6 Streetwalkers to sing my song
16 racketmen gambling, while I'm rolling along
I want 22 bootleggers in some hotel
To drink to me from whiskey stills
I got 39 women to remember me good
How I passed by so swell
Take me to the bottom
Roll me in my hearse
Take me to the bottom
Life's bin a doggone,
Bin a doggone curse
My head is achin'
My heart is thumpin'
But I'm going down boundin' and a-jumpin'
Folks no need to stand around cryin'
Want everybody up and dancin' when I'm dying
I want - One foot up,
Toenail draggin'
Throw me in that hoodoo wagon
Come here Mama with that can o' booze
And gimme gimme what I choose
Take me to the bottom
Roll me in my hearse
Take me to the bottom
Roll me in my hearse
Take me to the bottom
Life's bin a doggone curse
I want 8 c***shooters to be my pallbearers
Let 'em be pale 'n' black
I want 9 men going to the graveyard buddy
8 men coming back
I want a gang o' gamblers gathered round my coffin side
A crooked card in my hearse
A game of blackjack played over me
Let the winner get his just desserts
(REPEAT CHORUS)
I want 6 good poolhall rumblers
6 Streetwalkers to sing my song
16 racketmen gambling, while I'm rolling along
I want 22 bootleggers in some hotel
To drink to me from whiskey stills
I got 39 women to remember me good
How I passed by so swell
Take me to the bottom
Roll me in my hearse
Take me to the bottom
Life's bin a doggone,
Bin a doggone curse
My head is achin'
My heart is thumpin'
But I'm going down boundin' and a-jumpin'
Folks no need to stand around cryin'
Want everybody up and dancin' when I'm dying
I want - One foot up,
Toenail draggin'
Throw me in that hoodoo wagon
Come here Mama with that can o' booze
And gimme gimme what I choose
Take me to the bottom
Roll me in my hearse
Take me to the bottom