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''O Death'' — also known as ''O, Death'', ''Oh Death'', and ''Conversations with Death'' — is a traditional American folk song. Country blues banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs (1898-1971) recorded the song in the late 1920s. A recording from the 1938 National Folk Festival held in Washington, D.C. is on file with the Library of Congress.〔http://www.loc.gov/item/afc9999005.3281〕 Various folk music artists included ''Oh, Death'' on a variety of musical collections throughout the 1970s and '80s.〔''Wichita Eagle'', ''Op. cit.''〕 Indiana University Press' ''The Journal of Folklore Research'' features articles in an 2004 issue asserting that "O, Death" is Lloyd Chandler's song "A Conversation with Death", which he performed for several years while preaching in Appalachia. ==Lyrics== O, Death O, Death Won't you spare me over another year Well what is this that I can't see With ice cold hands takin' hold of me Well I am Death, none can excel I'll open the door to Heaven or Hell Whoa, Death someone would pray Could you wait to call me another day The children prayed, the preacher preached Time and mercy is out of your reach I'll fix your feet til you can't walk I'll lock your jaw til you can't talk I'll close your eyes so you can't see This very hour, come and go with me I'm Death I come to take the soul Leave the body and leave it cold To draw up the flesh off of the frame Dirt and worm both have a claim O, Death O, Death Won't you spare me over another My mother came to my bed Placed a cold towel upon my head My head is warm my feet are cold Death is a-movin' upon my soul Oh, Death how you're treatin' me You've close my eyes so I can't see Well you're hurtin' my body You make me cold You run my life right outta my soul Oh Death please consider my age Please don't take me at this stage My wealth is all at your command If you will move your icy hand The old, the young, the rich or poor All alike to me you know No wealth, no land, no silver no gold Nothing satisfies me but your soul O, Death O, Death Won't you spare me over til another year Won't you spare me over til another year Won't you spare me over til another year ''The version in the game Until Dawn uses alternate lyrics, as follows.'' O Death, O Death Won't you spare me over 'til another year? Well what is this, that I can't see? With ice cold hands taking hold of me When God is gone and the Devil takes hold Who will have mercy on my soul? O Death, O Death, consider my age Please don't take me at this stage O, Death. O Death Won't you spare me over 'til another year? O, I am death, and none can tell If I open the door to heaven or hell No wealth, no land, no silver nor gold Nothing satisfies me but your soul I'm Death, I come to take the soul Leave the body and leave it cold O Death, O Death Won't you spare me over 'til another year? 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O Death」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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