My man's gone now
  Ain't no use a listenin'
  For his tired footsteps
  Climbin' up the stairs
  
  Old man sorrow's
  Come to keep me company
  Whisperin' beside me
  When I say my prayers
  When I say my prayers
  
  He come aroud
  He come up, he come around
  Ain't that I mind workin'
  Workin' means travelers
  Journeyin' togheter
  To the promised land
  
  But old man sorrow
  Mountin' all the way with me
  Tell' me that I'm old now
  Since I lose my man
  Since I lose my man
  Since I lose my man