“Way Over in the New Buryin' Groun'”

Description

"The hammer keeps ringin' on somebody's coffin (x2), Way over in the new buryin' groun'." "Somebody's dying way over yonder (x2), Way over in the new buryin' groun'." "Hearse keeps a-rollin' -- somebody's dyin'...."

Same tune

• Woody Guthrie, "Union Burying Ground" (on Struggle2)

References

1. BrownIII 614, "The New Buryin' Ground" (3 texts, with common verses though "A" never mentions the burying ground)
2. Sandburg, p. 473, "Way Over in the New Buryin' Groun'" (1 short text, 1 tune)
3. Roud #11052
4. BI, San473