Intro : 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 going to 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 saying "Boy your works been done by 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"   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