Lyrics:

Girl, I begged you, baby, baby so long, know you're gonna miss me when I'm, dead and gone
Well, I know she gwonna miss me, well, when I'm dead and gone
I know you're gonna miss me, baby-y, poor boy will be gone 'way

When you hear me singin', mama, this old lonesome song, know you're gonna miss poor Joe, when I'm dead and gone
Lord, I know you're gonna miss me, well, when I'm dead and gone
Well, you're gonna miss me, baby-y, oh, the poor boy will be gone, too

Went down to the station, went out in the track, saw my baby leavin', couldn't call her back
Well, I know that woman gwonna miss me, well, when I'm dead and gone
I know you're gwine miss me, baby, count the days I'm gone

Cried last night, baby, all the night before, stop my way of livin', I'm gonna have to, cry no more
Lord, I know you're gwonna miss me, well, when I'm dead and gone
You're gonna miss me, baby, poor boy will be gone 'way

When I get down and out, sing this lonesome song, well, you're gonna miss me, mama, when I'm, dead and gone
Lord, I know you're gwonna miss me, well, when I'm dead and gone
You gwonna miss your baby, I'll be dead and gone

Cried last night now, mama, cried all night before, goin' back home to my baby, won't have to cry no more
Lord, I know you're gwonna miss me, well, when I'm dead and gone
You gwonna miss me, baby, I'll be dead, too