"Will You Visit Me On Sundays?" is a country music song written and performed by Merle Haggard. The song revolves around a prisoner awaiting his execution, who begs his loved one to visit him in prison and come to his grave to honor his memory once he is gone. In the first stanza, the prisoner acknowledges his impending death and asks his sweetheart to express her love for him one more time before sharing a final goodbye. He then proceeds to ask her a series of questions concerning her visits to his prison cell and the graveyard where he will be buried. The chorus of the song repeats several times, asking if the prisoner's loved one will bring him flowers, shed a tear for him, and return to pay tribute to his memory. The prisoner becomes desperate for assurance that his loved one will keep his memory alive after he is gone. The final stanza prompts a melancholic reflection on the feared isolation that the prisoner faces after death, begging his sweetheart to promise that she will remember him and keep his memory alive, providing him solace in his final moments. Overall, "Will You Visit Me On Sundays?" is a poignant representation of love and loss, framed within the confines of a prison cell and the demarcation of life and death.
