The Grave Digger

READ THE ACCOMPANYING POEM HERE >> https://mystictapedeck.com/bards/the-gravedigger/ All drums and percussion: R Thomas Guitars, synths, scraping sounds, vocals, bass, lyre, slide lyre, lyrics: PS Perkins Mix and master by PS Perkins and R Thomas E'en that... Who'll supply the shovels used to split the sacred soil? And who will help the spirit shuffle off this mortal coil? Who'll embalm the body, who will mummify the husk? And who will sail the flaming ship into the drowning dusk? And who will dig the grave digger's grave? Who will dig the grave diggers grave? Who will dig the grave diggers grave? Who will bury them? Who is going to drive the hearse and consecrate the wine? Who is going to build the box from the gnarled and knotty pine? Who will be the artifex to decorate the tomb? And who will bribe the jackal waiting at the gates of doom? And who will dig the grave digger's grave? Who will dig the grave diggers grave? Who will dig the grave diggers grave? Who will bury them? E'en that... "In youth, when I did love, did love, Methought it was very sweet, To contract, O, the time, for, ah, my behove, O, methought, there was nothing meet."* But age, with it's stealing steps Hath clawed me in it's clutches Age, with its stealing steps. E'en that... *From Shakespeare's Hamlet Act 5