i'm a man of constant sorrow

in constant sorrow all through my days!

i am a man of constant sorrow

i've seen trouble all my days. i bid farewell to old kentucky

the place where i was born and raised

the place where i 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

i have no friends to help me now

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

while i am sleeping in my 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. i'll meet you on god's golden shore!