I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow

Source Recording Artist: The Soggy Bottom Boys

Album: O Brother Where Art Thou (2001)

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Title: I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow

Alternate Titles: Man of Constant Sorrow, I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow

Songwriter(s):

Dick Burnett

First Release: Emry Arthur (1928)

Themes: Struggle, Lost Love, Rambling

Source Recording Details

Band/Artist:

The Soggy Bottom Boys

Key: F

Time Signature: Boom-Chuck

Tempo (BPM): 87

Track Length: 3:10

Musicians:

Lead Singer:

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I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow

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In constant sorrow through all his days
 

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I am the man of constant sorrow
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I’ve seen trouble all my days
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I bid farewell to ol’ Kentucky
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The place where I was born and raised
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The place where he was born and raised
 

For six long years I’ve been in trouble
No pleasure here on Earth I’ve found
For in this world I’m bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
He has no friends to help him now

It’s fare thee well my old true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I’m bound to ride that Northern Railroad
Perhaps I’ll die upon this train
Perhaps he’ll die upon this train

You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
While he is sleeping in his grave

Maybe your friends think I’m just a stranger
My face you never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I’ll meet you on God’s golden shore
He’ll meet you on God’s golden shore

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