O Death

In 1913, the Journal of American Folklore printed a version sung by "Eastern North Carolina Negroes" 1908:Sinner, I come to you by Hebbin's decree; This very night you must go wid me.

Country blues 1920s banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs recorded the song in 1963 after his 'rediscovery' during the Folk Music Revival.

In the 1960s, Alan Lomax recorded the folk and gospel singer Bessie Jones singing "O Death".

[10] The soundtrack's producer, T-Bone Burnett, originally asked for a banjo rendition emulating Dock Boggs, but Stanley convinced him otherwise with an a cappella performance in the style of the Appalachian Primitive Baptist Universalist church.

[13] The song also appears in episode 7 of the second season of television series Fargo, inspired by another Coen brothers film of the same name.

"O, Death" has appeared twice in American television series Supernatural, both times in connection with the show's personification of Death, portrayed by Julian Richings: the 2010 episode "Two Minutes to Midnight" featured a version by Jen Titus; Lisa Berry performed the song in character as Billie in the 2015 episode "Form and Void".

The version sung by Vera Hall was featured in episode three of the first season of Altered Carbon, a Netflix original.

A graveyard in Virginia, displaying traditional Appalachian funerary decorations.
First line reads: Death/ O, sinner I'm come by heaven's decree, my warrant is to summon thee.