I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I bid farewell to ol' 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 pleasure here on earth I've found For in this world, I'm bound to ramble, I have no friends to help me now.
He has no friends to help him now
It's fair thee well, my old true lover, I never expected to see you again. For I'm bound to ride that Northern Railroad, perhaps I'll die upon this train
Perhaps he'll die upon this train
You can bury me in Sunny Valley, For many years there I may lay. And you will learn to love another while I am sleeping in my grave.
While he is sleeping in his grave
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger My face you never will see no more But there is one promise that is given, I'll meet you on Gods golden shore