One Kind Favor

“One Kind Favour” is a traditional blues spiritual about mortality, humility, and the final request we all make in the end. This performance leans into raw Delta blues tradition — slow tempo, acoustic guitar, minimal arrangement, and a worn, late-night atmosphere. No polish. No comfort. Just the truth the blues has always carried.

Lyrics

Verse 1
Well, it’s one kind favor I ask of you
Well, it’s one kind favor I ask of you
Lord, it’s one kind favor I’ll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean.

Verse 2
It’s a long old lane ain’t got no end
It’s a long lane that’s got no end
It’s a long lane ain’t got no end
And it’s a bad wind that never change.

Verse 3
Lord, it’s two white horses in a line
Well, it’s two white horses in a line
Well, it’s two white horses in a line
Gonna take me to my burying ground.

Verse 4
My heart stopped beating and my hands got cold
My heart stopped beating and my hands got cold
Well, my heart stopped beating, Lord, my hands got cold
It wasn’t long ‘fore service by the cypress grove.

Verse 5
Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Have you ever heard a coffin sound?
Then you know that the poor boy is in the ground.

Verse 6
Oh, dig my grave with a silver spade
Just dig my grave with a silver spade
Well, dig my grave with a silver spade
You may lead me down with a golden chain.

Verse 7
Have you ever heard a church bell tone?
Have you ever heard a church bell tone?
Have you ever heard a church bell tone?
Then you know that the poor boy is dead and gone.

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