I am a man of constant sorrow
And I've seen troubles all my days
I'm going back to California
A place where I was partly raised
Your friends may say that I'm a stranger
My face you'll never see no more
There is just one promise that's given
We'll sail along God's golden shore
All through this world I'm bound to ramble
Through sun and wind and driving rain
I'm bound to ride that Northern railroad
Perhaps I'll take the very next train
I am a man of constant sorrow
And I've seen troubles all my days
There is just one promise that's given
We'll sail along God's golden shore
