Lyrics:

Along crags and sunless cracks I go (along crags and sunless cracks I go)
Up rib of rock, down spine of stone (down rib of rock, up spine of stone)
I dare not slumber where the night winds whistle (I dare not slumber where the night winds whistle)
Lest her creeping soul clutch this heart of thistle (lest her creeping soul clutch this heart)

Oh the same God that abandoned her (oh the same God that abandoned her)
Has in turn abandoned me (has abandoned he)
And softenin' the turf with my tears (and softenin' the turf with my tears)
I dug a well of misery

And in that well of misery (and down that well of misery)
Hangs a bucket full of sorrow (hangs a bucket full of sorrow)
It swings slow an' achin' like a bell (it swings slow like a bell)
Its toll is dead and hollow (and it toll is dead and hollow)

Down that well lies the long-lost dress (down the well lies the dress)
Of my li'l' floatin' girl (of my little floatin' girl)
That muffles a tear that you let fall (that deadens a tear that you let fall)
All down the well of misery

Put shoulder to handle, if you dare (put shoulder to handle, if you dare)
And hoist that bucket, hither (and hoist that bucket, hither)
Lord, crank and hoist and hoist and crank (crank and hoist and hoist and crank)
'Til your muscles waste and wither ('til your muscles waste and wither)

Oh the same God that abandoned her (the same God that abandoned her)
Has in turn abandoned me (has in turn abandoned me)
Deep in the desert of despair (in the desert of despair)
I wait at the well of misery