Go On Ahead And Go Home Lyrics - Sing The Delta - Iris Dement

Go on ahead and go home 

Go on ahead and go home 

Boy, you've done your best 

Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam 

Go on ahead and go home 

Go on ahead and go home 

The spirits of the dead will meet you up ahead 

You won't be alone 

Go let your mama see you smile 

Go let your mama see you smile 

Mama's gonna wait however long it takes, 

but it's sure been awhile 

Go let your mama see you smile 

Go let your mama see you smile 

She's standing in the sun sayin' 

"Boy, your works been done a long, long mile" 

Down where the cotton grows tall 

Down where the cotton grows tall 

Where the bramble rose and blue hydrangea grows 

beside the old mare's stall 

Down where the cotton grows tall 

Down where the cotton grows tall 

And a fragrant delta breeze shakes the cypress trees 

down deep in the Fall 

In the deep of the night, In the deep of the night 

By the river so still where sorrows come to heal 

and wrongs are made right 

Down in the deep of the night, In the deep of the night 

On a creaking porch swing, the ancient ones sing 

"everything is alright"