George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward 

    

  My man's gone now

Ain't no use a listenin'

For his tired footsteps

Climbin' up the stairs



Old man sorrow's

Come to keep me company

Whisperin' beside me

When I say my prayers

When I say my prayers



He come around

He come up, he come around

Ain't that I mind workin'

Workin' means travelers

Journeyin' together

To the promised land



But old man sorrow

Mountin' all the way with me

Tell' me that I'm old now

Since I lose my man

Since I lose my man



Since I lose my man