Well I beg you baby : baby so long
Know you're going to miss me : when I'm dead and gone
Well I know she going to miss me : well when I'm dead and 
gone
I know you going to miss me baby : *oh poor boy will be*
When you hear me singing : mama this old lonesome song
Know you going to miss poor Joe : when I'm dead and gone
Went down to the station : went out on the track
Saw my baby leaving : couldn't call her back
Well I know that woman going to miss me : well when I'm 
dead and gone
I know you going to miss me baby : count the days I'm 
gone
Cried last night baby : all night before
Stop my way of living : and I won't have to cry no more
When I get down and out : sing this lonesome song
Swear you going to miss me woman : when I'm dead and gone
Cried last night mama : cried all night before
Going back home to my baby : won't have to cry no more