Lyrics to
Bury Me Down By The River

This version of Bury Me Down By The River was released by Bee Gees in 1970.

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I wasn’t born in the morning, no
I must have been born in the night
I’ve done my load and I’ll carry my load
And all I own is my life

I wasn’t born to be lucky ,
’cause luck had no future with me
I’ve done my wrong and I’ll sing, sing, sing my song
and stand beneath the hanging tree

Bury me down by the river
Let all the towns people see
Their enemy’s dead, let me lay, lay my head
Just put me down and set me free

I wasn’t born as a rich man, no
A rich man I never, I never could be
I’ve done my wrong and I’ll sing, sing, sing my song
And stand beneath the hanging tree (Everybody sing now)

Bury me down by the river, lord no
Let all the towns people see, see
Their enemy’s dead, let me lay, lay, lay my head
Just put me down and set me free
(I want to hear everybody sing)

Bury me down by the river
Let all the towns, let all the towns people see
Their enemy’s dead, let me lay, let met lay, let me lay my head along
Just put me down and set me free (set me free)

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Bury Me Down By The River, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Bee Gees. Some of the lyrics to Bury Me Down By The River have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bee Gees and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Bury Me Down By The River if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Bury Me Down By The River" means the words set to the music of Bury Me Down By The River, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bee Gees. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Bury Me Down By The River and the lyrics to Bury Me Down By The River are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bee Gees who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bury Me Down By The River, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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