Go Dig My Grave

"Go Dig My Grave" opens False Lankum at 8:38 (8:39 on MusicBrainz) with a writer credit to Jean Ritchie, and was the lead single, released in January 2023. Radie Peat uncovered the song, and the arrangement was shaped by Ritchie's recording on Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City (Folkways), which was recorded at Gerde's Folk City in New York and dated 1963 by Nialler9 and 1962 by Clash. A search summary lists it as Roud 409 and Laws P24, which we did not confirm. At The Barrier's review, again seen only as a search summary, says it opens with the unaccompanied voice of Radie Peat for the first minute, then adds bouzouki and choral vocals.

The band wrote that their interpretation of the traditional song centers around the emotion of grief, all-consuming, unbearable, absolute, and that the second part was inspired by keening, the caoineadh, a lament for the dead censured by the Catholic Church from the 17th century. NPR's Ann Powers, per a search summary, calls it not a keen but a suicide ballad connected to songs like "Barbara Allen", which Lankum slow to a dirge. The video was directed by Peadar Gill. It was nominated for song of the year at the 2023 RTE Choice Music Prize.

A live version of 11:51 on Live in Dublin was recorded at Vicar Street in May 2023. Setlist.fm shows the song in 2025 at Noise Pop in San Francisco on February 27, The Belasco in Los Angeles on February 28, Big Ears in Knoxville on March 29, the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin on May 25 and Eurockeennes in Belfort on July 6, and search summaries put it in Manchester in May 2023 and at the Hackney Empire on May 18 and 19, 2024. A total play count was not obtained, we found no covers or samples, and the version of our upload is not known.