I am a man of constant sorrow
  I've seen trouble all my days
  I'll say goodbye to Colorado
  Where I was born and prob'ly raised
  Your mother says I am a stranger
  My face you'll never see no more
  But there's one promise darling
  I'll see you on God's golden shore
  
  Through this open world I'm about to ramble
  Through ice, snow, sleet and rain
  I am about to rob the mornin' railroad
  Perhaps I'll die on that train
  
  I'm goin' back to Colorado
  Place that I started from
  If I'd knowed how bad you'd treat me
  Honey I never would have come