There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long

Won't you write these words upon my headstone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

Once I had a little sweetheart I love dearly

We planned the day when she would be my own

Some other man he stole my darlin' from me

Now there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long

Won't you write these words upon my headstone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

Once I had a loving mother dear and daddy

But now they're in the land where angels dwell

They found eternal rest way up in heaven

Where I'll find my reward no one can tell

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long

Won't you write these words upon my headstone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

You've been patient kind and true to me old Copper

You're the only one that's never done me wrong

Come closer while I pat your head old Copper

For there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long

Won't you write these words upon my headstone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone

There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long

Won't you write these words upon my headstone

There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone