Worried man blues

It takes a worried man to sing worried song

It takes a worried man to sing worried song

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long

I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep

I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep

When I woke up, had shackles on my feet

Twenty nine links of chain around my leg

Twenty nine links of chain around my leg

And on each link, an initial of my name

I asked that judge, tell me, what might be my fine

I asked that judge, tell me, what might be my fine

Twenty one years on the R C Mountain line

The train arrived, sixteen coaches long

The train arrived, sixteen coaches long

The girl I love is on that train and gone

If anyone asks you who composed this song

If anyone asks you who composed this song

Tell 'em t'was I, and I sing it all day long

((I looked down the track, as far as I could see

I looked down the track, as far as I could see

A little bitty hand, was waving after me))

Recorded 5/24/30 Memphis, Tn
                5/10/35 New York, NY (2)