(Emory Gordy, Jr.,/Patty Loveless) 



I am a soul of constant sorrow

I've seen trouble all my days

I bid farewell to east Kentucky

The place where I was born and raised

For many a year I have struggled

No pleasure here on Earth I've found

All through this world I'm bound to wander

There is no one to help me now

You can bury me in some deep valley

For many a year in peace I'll lay

Then you may learn to love another

While I am sleeping in my grave

It's fare-you-well my one true lover

I never 'spect to see you again

But there's one promise that is given

I'll meet you in God's golden land