Listening to the recording reissued in the Country Music Hall of Fame Series MCA MCAD 10088 [and it has the same reference as given by Lyle - 9 June 1936], there is no question that the line sung is 'For I know she bids me come'. Carter lyrics are sometimes difficult to decipher, but this line is crystal clear. Anyone who hears something else would have to be deaf - no offence Lyle.

The 'Then lay me down' stanza is repeated twice - before the 'God shall I ever' stanza and as a last stanza.

--Stewie.