Death falls so heavy on my soul Death falls so heavy, makes me moan Somebody tell my father that I died Somebody tell my mother that I cried. Death falls so heavy on my soul Death falls so heavy, makes me moan Somebody tell my father that I died Somebody tell my mother that I cried. Once in my younger days Once in my younger days I had a girl to love. Death falls so heavy on my soul Death falls so heavy, makes me moan Somebody tell my father that I died Somebody tell my mother that I cried. Once in my younger days Once in my younger days I had a girl to love.