Remember My Forgotten Man

I don't know if he deserves a bit of sympathy Forget your sympathy, that's all right with me I was satisfied to drift along from day to day Till they came and took my man away Remember my forgotten man You put a rifle in his hand You sent him far away You shouted: "Hip-hooray!" But look at him today Remember my forgotten man You had him cultivate the land He walked behind the plow The sweat fell from his brow But look at him right now And once, he used to love me I was happy then He used to take care of me Won't you bring him back again? 'Cause ever since the world began A woman's got to have a man Forgetting him, you see Means you're forgetting me Like my forgotten man