Smokey River Boys - Man Of Constant Sorrow lyrics

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(In constant sorrow through his days)

Verse Number One:

I…… am a man…… of constant sorrow

I've seen trouble…… all a’my day.

I ……bid farewell…… to old Kentucky

The place where I ……was born and raised.

(The place where he was born and raised)

Verse Number Two:

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.

( He has no friends to help him now )

Verse Number Three:

It's…a’fare thee well …my old true lover

I… never expect… 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. )

Verse Number Four:

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 he is sleeping in his grave. )

Verse Number Five:

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.

(He'll meet you on God's golden shore.)