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Funeral Dirge

from Flowers for Foot Foot by Oli Spleen

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Written by Dennis Lee and Philip Balsam for the TV show Fraggle Rock, originally titled "Dixie Wailiin'"

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When my time to go is here
Call my friends to gather near
Tell the doctor and the preacher that I'm failing

But don’t wallow in your grief
When they put me down beneath
Just sing to me this melody I’m wailing

It goes pick me up and lay me down
And spread the news all over town
Tell them all to come or they'll be sorry

Pick me up and shake me twice
I'm passing on to paradise
This poor boy is going to live in glory

When it's time to say goodbye
All my friends will wail and cry
As they'll watch the coffin rockin' round and squirmin'

Then they'll raise a mighty shout
When my bones come marching out
And I praise myself and preach the final sermon

It goes pick me up and lay me down
And spread the news all over town
Tell them them all to come or they'll be sorry

Pick me up and shake me twice
I'm passing on to paradise
This poor boy is going to live in glory

When the Earth begins to quake
From the shaking at my wake
I'll be here and making music like I’m livin’

And the sorrow and that grief
Will give the angels sweet relief
Then you’ll know that all my sins have been forgiven

They’ll sing pick me up and lay me down
And spread the news all over town
Tell them all to come or they'll be sorry

Pick me up and shake me twice
I'm passing on to paradise
This poor boy is going to live in glory

Pick me up and lay me down
And spread the news all over town
Tell them all to come or they'll be sorry

Pick me up and shake me twice
I'm passing on paradise
This poor boy is going to live in glory

credits

from Flowers for Foot Foot, released February 11, 2020
Vocals by Oli Spleen
Clarinet by Merlin Shepherd
Piano, keys and backing vocals by Nick Hudson
Strings by Lizzy Carey
Additional vocals by Rocco
Drums, Bass, Double Bass, Percussion, Guitar, Backing Vocals by Forbes Coleman
Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Forbes Coleman at AudioBeach Studios, Brighton & Hove
Mastered by Forbes Coleman for masteredonline.com

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Oli Spleen Brighton, UK

A solo artist since 2012, Oli Spleen started making music way back in 2003 with his first band The Flesh Happening.

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