Lankum - Go Dig My Grave (Official Video)

Our 4th album “False Lankum“ is out now on Rough Trade Records. Listen/order here: Director: Peadar Ó Goill Art Director: Vicky Langan Cinematography: Albert Hooi Producer: Cian Lawless AC: Laurent Murray Editor: Peadar Ó Goill Colourist: Peter Oppersdorff at The Mill Colour Producer: Dan Hills Gaffer: Padraig Conaty Best Boy: Noel Greene Grip: John Connon Grip Assistants: Karl Roche, Christopher Connon Costume and Styling: Liz Bennett Production: Flora Dalton Trainee: Gina Crighton Extras: Alex Day, Sean Fitzgerald, Iona Zajac Thank you Colin Burke, Paul Duane, Tom Travis Subscribe to LankumDublin here ➤ #Lankum #GoDigMyGrave Go dig my grave both wide and deep Place a marble stone at my head and feet And on my breast a snow white dove To tell this world that I died for love Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me She went upstairs for to make her bed And not one word to her mother said Her mother, she went upstairs too Saying “daughter oh daughter What troubles you?” “Oh Mama dear, I cannot tell, That railroad boy that I loved so well He courted me my life away And now with me he will not stay” Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me Her father, he came home from work, Saying “where’s my daughter? She seemed so hurt” He went upstairs for to give her hope And he found her hanging by a rope Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me He got his knife for to cut her down And in her bosom these words he found; Go dig my grave both wide and deep Place a marble stone at my head and feet And on my breast a snow white dove To tell this world that I died for love Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me