I walk down that lonesome line Hung down my head, I cry I wept, I cried under the willow tree About the deep blue sea
My mama, my dead papa Can be found And my brother On the county road
Now I've been down that long plank walk I'm on my way back home You cause me to weep, you did cause me to mourn You cause me to leave my home
Your fast mail train coming round the track Come kill my little blue eyed girl They took her down that smoky track Brought her back on that cooling board
I'm looking down that long tunnel light Just as far as I care to see I have no money lost my blue eyed girl These blues won't set me free
You did cause me to weep, you did cause me to mourn You cause me to leave my home I cried last night and the night before I swore not to cry anymore