It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling

Down a lonesome road down a lonesome road

Nobody cares a thing about me

It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load.



I fell in love in Cincinnati

Her love was true and she told me so

I gave her rings and all my money

Where she ran off to I'll never know.



It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling

Down a lonesome road down a lonesome road

Nobody cares a thing about me

It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load.



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I wish that I was in Kentucky

With papa and mama dear

But mama's gone and so is papa

And Kentucky's a long way from here.



It's a lonesome feeling when you're traveling

Down a lonesome road down a lonesome road

Nobody cares a thing about me

It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load.



It's a heavy load, it's a heavy load...