Oh Death

What is this that I can't see
 With icy hands takin' hold on me?
 "I am death and none can excel
 I'll open the doors to heaven or hell"
 Oh death, oh death
 Can't you spare me over 'til another year?
 Oh death, oh death
 Please spare me over 'til another year
 "Oh death", someone would pray
 "Could you call some other day?"
 "God's children's prayed, the preacher's preached
 The time of mercy is out of your reach"
 "I'll fix your feet so you can't walk
 I'll lock your jaws so you can't talk
 Close your eyes so you can't see
 This very hour come go with me"
 "Death I come to take the soul
 Leave the body and leave it cold
 To drop the flesh off of the frame
 The earth and worm both have a claim"
 Oh death, oh death
 Can't you spare me over 'til another year?
 Oh death, oh death
 Please spare me over 'til another year
 My mother come to my bed
 Place a cold towel upon my head
 My head is warm, my feet is cold
 Death is moving upon my soul
 Oh death, how you treating me
 You close my eyes so I can't see
 You hurt my body, you make me cold
 You're ruling my life right out of my soul
 Oh death, oh death
 Can't you spare me over 'til another year?
 Oh death, oh death
 Please spare me over 'til another year
 Oh death, please consider my age
 Please don't take me at this stage
 My wealth is all at your command
 If you will move your icy hand
 "The old, the young, the rich or poor
 Are all alike with me, you know
 No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold
 Nothin' satisfies me but your soul"
 Oh death, oh death
 Can't you spare me over 'til another year?
 Oh death, oh death
 Please spare me over 'til another year