Cat. #0810 (MFH #116) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on June 25, 1969
VERSE 1
O, who did you say it was, brother
Who was it fell by th way
When whiskey an' blood run together
Did you hear anyone pray
VERSE 2
I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
I didn't hear nobody pray,
I heerd th groans of th dy'in
But I didn't hear nobody pray
VERSE 3
When I heard th crash on th highway
I knew what it was from start
I went to th scenes of destruction
A picture was stamped on my heart
VERSE 4
There was whiskey an' blood run together
Was mixed with fast, were they lay
I heard th groans of th dying
But I didn't hear nobody pray
VERSE 5
I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
I didn't hear nobody pray,
I heerd th groans of th dy'in
But I didn't hear nobody pray
VERSE 6
I wish I could change th sad story
That I am now tell'in you
But there's no way I could change it
For somebody's life is now thru
VERSE 7
Theirs souls been called, by th Master
They died in a crash on th way
I heard th groans of th dying
But I didn't hear nobody pray
VERSE 8
I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
I didn't hear nobody pray,
I heerd th groans of th dy'in
But I didn't hear nobody pray