Do you remember Long time ago Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe I could have been married long time
I am a man of constant sorrow I've seen trouble all my days I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised For six long years I
God every morning noon and night The jaws were locked and it made him shout, and God soon got them safely out Oh, Daniel prayed every morning, noon, and night Now brother
One morning in Jerusalem about the break of dawn A great trial was in session, they tried our blessed lord They scorned him and they mocked him, they
Sadly we sing and with tremulous breath As we stand by the mystical stream In the valley and by the dark river of death And yet 'tis no more than a dream
Tonight my heart is beatin' low and my head is bowed You've been seen with my best friend on the other side of town I don't mind this waitin', don't mind
In the land of Breathed County was raised a crooked man Made the county dry and the prices high For the bootleg whiskey man His age was barely twenty-
"Are you lost in sin forever more?" We've strayed so far, from the word of God This sinful path, too long we've trod Let's journey home and join the band
I was born in East Virginia North Carolina I did go There I courted a fair young maiden But her age I did not know Oh her hair was dark and curly And
Death is an angel sent down from above Sent for the buds and the flowers we love Truly it is so, for in heaven's own way Each soul is a flower in the
I left my old home to ramble this country My mother and dad said, "Son don't go wrong Remember that God will always watch over you And we will be waiting
Well I wish that I was in London Or some other seaport town Step my foot in a steamboat And sail the ocean round Sailing round the ocean Sailing round
Have you someone in Heaven awaiting? Expecting you on that beautiful shore Be ready to join that great band of angels When they welcome you into that
It was on one dark and starless night I heard and saw an awful sight The lighting flashed and the thunder roared All around the drunkard's feet I started
Troubles and trials often betray those Causing the weary body to stray But we shall walk beside the still water With the good shepherd leading the way
Thinking of you while out for a ramble Down by a cold frosty stream Set down on a bed of hemlocks and primroses And gently I fell into a dream I dreamed
The darkest hour is just before dawn The narrow way leads home Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet The darkest hour is just before dawn The
I saw you last night in my dreams, love I awoke as the clock was strikin' four But I didn't think that I'd meet you And now as you walk through the door