| Crow Jane, Crow Jane |
| Don’t you hold your head high |
| Someday baby, you know |
| You got to die |
| You got to lay down an — |
| You got to die, you got to — |
| You know, I wanna buy me a pistol |
| Wants me forty rounds of ball |
| Shoot Crow Jane, just to see her fall |
| She got to fall, she got to — |
| She got to fall, she got to- |
| That’s the reason I begged, Crow Jane |
| Not to hold her head, so high |
| Someday baby, you know |
| You got to die |
| You got to lay down an — |
| When I dug her grave |
| With a silver spade |
| Ain’t nobody gon' take |
| My Crow Jane place |
| You can’t take her place |
| No, you can’t take her — |
| That’s the reason I begged, Crow Jane |
| Not to hold her head, too high |
| Someday baby, you know |
| You got to die |
| You got to lay down an — |
| You know, I let her down |
| With a golden chain |
| An ev’ry link |
| I would call my, Crow Jane name |
| Crow Jane, Crow — |
| Crow Jane, Crow — |
| You know I never missed my water |
| 'Till my well went dry |
| Didn’t miss Crow Jane |
| Until the day she died |
| 'Till the day-ay-ay-ay she — |
| That’s the reason I begged, Crow Jane |
| Not to hold her head, too high |
| Someday baby, you know you got to die |
| You got to lay down and — |
| You got to die, you got to — |
| You know, I dug her grave |
| Eight feet in the ground |
| Didn’t feel sorry |
| Until they let her down |
| They had to let her down |
| Had-a — |
| They had to let her down |
| That’s the reason I begged, Crow Jane |
| Not to hold her head, too high |
| Someday baby, you know you got to die |
| You got to lay down and. - |
| (guitar to end) |