Leave the riches, take the bones.
I'm ready
to be robbed. I'm ready
for your thieving hand, leave
the riches, take the bones.
Leave the linens,takes the bones;
I'm ready
to undress. I will become
a breathing man;
leave the linens, take the bones.
Oh, take those clothes from him.
Let him go.
Leave the riches, take the bones.
I'm ready to be
robbed. I'm ready
for your theiving hand, leave
the riches, take the bones.
Leave the linens, take the bones;
I'm ready to undress.
(Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice.)
I will become a breathing man;
leave the linens, take the bones.
Oh, take those clothes from him;
let him go!
(Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice.)
Oh, take those clothes from him.
Let him go.
Leave the linens, take the bones;
I'm ready to undress.