[1] Oh now I fall on my knees and I beg of you please
Oh come [5] stand by [1] me
Oh come [5] stand by [1] me

Oh now look up, look down that long lonesome road
Before you travel along, little girl
Before you travel along

Oh now the longest train I ever saw
Was ninety-nine coaches long, little girl
Was ninety-nine coaches long

The only girl I ever loved
Was on that train and gone
She's on that train and gone

Oh now I only have loved but this one little girl
I'm sorry I ever loved her
Oh I'm sorry I ever loved her

Oh she told me more lies than the stars in the skies
She'll never get to heaven when she dies
Oh she'll never get to heaven when she dies

Oh now I fall on my knees and I beg of you please
Oh come and stand by me, little girl
Oh come stand by me