Sad is the feeling dreadful the grieving When one remains and the other must go It won't be heaven without her beside me Please tell the angels to let me fly low Many a loved ones gone on to glory Now it's my turn to be laid out and cold I can't let go of the hand of my darling She who was given to have and to hold Let me fly low lord let me fly low Let me watch o’er her when she's alone If it's your will lord if i must go Please tell the angels to let me fly low Shovels of clay and a blanket of roses Then tears will fall on my pillow of stone That's when she'll need me so lord let me hover Waiting to carry my darling on home Precious the lifetime we spent together Now everything but the memory's gone She brings a handful of pretty white daisies Oh what i'd give just to follow her home Please tell the angels to let me fly low