Well my baby, he's been gone, seven weeks and seven days He took my old brown dog, took all my pay But nobody's gonnna find that man where he now lays Cos this woman put him in the ground I know some day I'll pay Well I heard the screech of tyres, on that winter's afternoon I heard the dog howlin, searchin for the moon I went to grab my shot-gun but my baby he'd cut out I heard him round the corner givin one last wicked shout Swing low little children The devil's on his way He's gonna find this sinning soul on some cold lonely day But I'll go with him so quiet, I'll go so peacefully Cos I meant to kill that sorry man Mama don't cry for me I asked his mama for him, I asked his papa too His brother said that he'd split town, weren't nothing I could do So I went to see a gypsy, just to have my fortune read She said that he was miles away with a pretty young red-head Swing low little children The devil's on his way He's gonna find this sinning soul on some cold lonely day But I'll go with him so quiet, I'll go so peacefully Cos I meant to kill that sorry man Mama don't cry for me I searched the cities for him, I searched all through the towns But it seems my man was cunning, he left no scent around Til I chanced upon a drifter proppin up a bar He said he's seem him just last night He can't have gone too far Well I caught up with my man It was dark along the road I shot one of his tyres out Weren't nowhere he could go I took him to the river Where I sealed my fate The last I saw he was sinkin down To his watery grave Swing low little children The devil's on his way He's gonna find this sinning soul on some cold lonely day But I'll go with him so quiet, I'll go so peacefully Cos I meant to kill that sorry man Mama don't cry for me