Worried Man Blues (It Takes a Worried Man) - Lonnie Donegan

The train that I ride is twenty one coaches long

The train that I ride is twenty one coaches long

The train that I ride is twenty one coaches long

My love is on that train and gone

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

I woke up and I had shackles on my feet

Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg

Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg

Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg

And on each link, an initial of my name

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long

I asked the judge, «What's gonna be my fine»

I asked the judge, «What's gonna be my fine»

I said, «Oh, judge, what’s gonna be my fine»

He said, «Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line"**

Twenty-one years to pay for my awful crime

Twenty-one years to pay for my awful crime

Twenty-one years to pay for my awful crime

Twenty one years, but I still got ninety-nine

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long

The train pulled out, sixteen coaches long

The train pulled out, sixteen coaches long

The train pulled out, sixteen coaches long

The one I love, she’s on that train and gone

I looked down the track, as far as I could see

I looked down the track, as far as I could see

I looked down the track, as far as I could see

A Little bitty hand was a-wavin' back at me

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long

If anyone asks you who composed this song

If anyone asks you who composed this song

If anyone asks you who composed this song

Tell him it was I and I sing it all day long

Oh, it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long