(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.