There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long Won't you write these words upon my headstone There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone Once I had a little sweetheart I love dearly We planned the day when she would be my own Some other man he stole my darlin' from me Now there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long Won't you write these words upon my headstone There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ Once I had a loving mother dear and daddy But now they're in the land where angels dwell They found eternal rest way up in heaven Where I'll find my reward no one can tell There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long Won't you write these words upon my headstone There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ You've been patient kind and true to me old Copper You're the only one that's never done me wrong Come closer while I pat your head old Copper For there ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long Won't you write these words upon my headstone There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone There ain't nobody gonna mourn for me too long Won't you write these words upon my headstone There ain't nobody gonna miss me when I'm gone