"When I'm Dead and Gone" is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, released as a single in 1971, on the Capitol label, by McGuinness Flint.
"When I'm Dead and Gone" was one of the first hit singles to feature prominent use of mandolin,[citation needed] played by Lyle, who also took lead vocal.
"[1] After Gallagher and Lyle left the group and enjoyed a successful career as a duo, they featured the song regularly on stage - though usually in the lower key of C, rather than the original key of D, and eschewing kazoos in favour of a harmonica, which Gallagher used on a harness.
This treatment of the song can be heard on the duo's 1999 album Live In Concert.
It was recorded and released in November 1970 as the debut single by McGuinness Flint, peaked at No.