I am a man of constant sorrow And I've seen troubles all my days I'm going back to California A place where I was partly raised Your friends may say that I'm a stranger My face you'll never see no more There is just one promise that's given We'll sail along God's golden shore All through this world I'm bound to ramble Through sun and wind and driving rain I'm bound to ride that Northern railroad Perhaps I'll take the very next train I am a man of constant sorrow And I've seen troubles all my days There is just one promise that's given We'll sail along God's golden shore