Soul Of Constant Sorrow Lyrics - Patty Loveless

(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