[Chorus:]
I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I'll say goodbye to Birmingham
Where I was born and partly raised
Your mother says I'm a traveler
My face you'll never see no more
But there's one promise, darling
I'll see you on God's golden shores
Through this whole world
I'm about to ramble
I'll see snow, sleet and rain
I'm about to take
That morning railroad
Perhaps I'll die on that train
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I'm going back to Birmingham
Where I was born
And where I've been
If I'd known
How bad you'd treat me
Honey, I never would have come
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I am a man of constant sorrow