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 lay myself to sleep.
I went across the river and lay myself to sleep.
I went across the river and lay myself to sleep.
When I woke up, 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.
I asked that judge, tell me, what’s gonna be my fine.
I asked that judge, tell me, what’s gonna be my fine.
I asked that judge, tell me, what’s gonna be my fine.
Twenty-one years on that Rocky Mountain line.
Twenty-one years to pay my awful crime.
Twenty-one years to pay my awful crime.
Twenty-one years to pay my awful crime.
Twenty-one years, but I still got ninety-nine.
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song.
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song.
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song.
Tell ‘em it was me, and I sing it all day long.