DESCRIPTION:
Canadian folksinger Jesse Ferguson performs American folk song "O Death." Wikipedia claims that the song was written by Lloyd Chandler. Other sources call it traditional. Chords and lyrics below.

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Oh, Death
(Lloyd Chandler [1920s], arrang. J. Ferguson, 2016)

Capo @ 1

V1.
Em
Well what is this that I can't see
D Bm Em
with icy hands takes hold on me?
Em
“I am death none can excel;
D Bm Em
I hold the keys to heaven or hell.”

Chorus:
Em Bm
Oh death, oh death:
Bm D Em
won't you spare me over for another year?

V2.
“I have come to take you soul,
to leave your body and leave it cold,
to drop the flesh right off your frame.
The earth and worms both have their claim.”

V3.
Oh death, oh death, consider my age:
Pray, do not take me at this stage.
My wealth is all at your command
if you'll but move your icy hand.

V4.
“Nor age, nor youth, nor silver, nor gold:
nothing satisfies me but your soul.
The old, the young, the rich, the poor
alike with me will have to go.”

Chorus: [repeat]