I am a man of constant sorrow
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I've seen trouble all my day.
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I bid farewell to old Kentucky
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The place where I was born and raised.
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(The place where he was born and raised)
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For six long years I've been in trouble
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No pleasures here on earth I found
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For in this world I'm bound to ramble
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I have no friends to help me now.
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[chorus] He has no friends to help him now
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It's fare thee well my old lover
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I never expect to see you again
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For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
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Perhaps I'll die upon this train.
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[chorus] Perhaps he'll die upon this train.
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You can bury me in some deep valley
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For many years where I may lay
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Then you may learn to love another
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While I am sleeping in my grave.
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[chorus] While he is sleeping in his grave.
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Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
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My face you'll never see no more.
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But there is one promise that is given
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I'll meet you on God's golden shore.
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[chorus] He'll meet you on God's golden shore.
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I am a man of constant sorrow
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Soggy Bottom Boys |