Kiss me mother kiss your darlin
   Lay my head upon your breast
   Throw your loving arms around me
   I am weary let me rest

Seems the light is swiftly fading
Brighter scenes they do now show
I am standing by the river
Angels wait to take me home

   Kiss me mother kiss your darlin
   See the pain upon my brow
   While I'll soon be with the angels
   Fate has doomed my future now

Through the years you've always loved me
And my life you've tried to save
But now I shall slumber sweetly
In a deep and lonely grave

   Kiss me mother kiss your darlin
   Lay my head upon your breast
   Throw your loving arms around me
   I am weary let me rest