"I am a Man of Constant Sorrow", The Soggy Bottom Boys.

(In constant sorrow through his days)

I am a man of constant sorrow

I've seen trouble all my day.

I bid farewell to old Kentucky

The place where I was born and raised.

(The place where he was born and raised)

 

For six long years I've been in trouble

No pleasures here on earth I found

For in this world I'm bound to ramble

I have no friends to help me now.

[chorus] He has no friends to help him now 

 

It's fare thee well my old lover

I never expect to see you again

For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad

Perhaps I'll die upon this train.

[chorus] Perhaps he'll die upon this train. 

 

You can bury me in some deep valley

For many years where I may lay

Then you may learn to love another

While I am sleeping in my grave.

[chorus] While he is sleeping in his grave. 

 

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger

My face you'll never see no more.

But there is one promise that is given

I'll meet you on God's golden shore.

[chorus] He'll meet you on God's golden shore.