My Baby Cares for the Dead

My baby cares for the dead, I said:

Come join the living baby, the bright sunshine

and it's so great to be alive and have a good time

but my baby hung around the dead

making money acting friendly with the funeral family

and she was wed

My baby married a rich man mama, what can I do?

she cares for the dead now mama, she'll care for you

and my baby had a baby, not by me, but by him

her lover who cares for the dead

and that birth meant the death of our love

I know someday my baby will care for me

she'll [bleed?] and dress me mama, real fancy

and she'll lay me in a coffin

comb my hair, put marbles in my eyes, ey-eye

I know someday my baby will care for me (6x)

my baby cares for the dead