Oh when my time has come,
oh when my race is run,
oh when my sun is sinking low,
I'll be sad to go but I've lived long enough to know,
I don't want no one to cry for me,

Oh when they carry me out,
when they lay me down,
when they bury me neath the ground,
I want my people in the street all doin that second line beat,
I don't want no one to cry for me