I've got a restless foot
And a roving mind
I'm gonna leave this town behind
Leave my honey so sweet and fine
I told her not to grieve after me

I said when I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve.
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve.
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve.
I told her not to grieve after me.

Now I'm one of the rambling men
Travelling since I don't know when
Here i come and then I'm gone again
I told her not to grieve after me.

I said when I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve.
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve.
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve.
I told her not to grieve after me.

Big old road goes round the bend,
There's a pot of gold at the other end,
Sally says that I'll never mend,
And I told her not to grieve after me.

I said when I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve lordy
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve lordy
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve lordy
I told her not to grieve after me.

I've been roaming here and there
Never been satisfied anywhere;
I dream of Sally so sweet and fair,
And I told her not to grieve after me.

I said when I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve lordy
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve
I told her not to grieve after me.

Goodbye, Sally, my heart's delight,
I will come back when the moon is bright,
If you're gone, well it will have  served me right,
And I told her not to grieve after me.

When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve lordy
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve
I told her not to grieve after me.

One more time lordy
I said when I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve lordy
When I'm gone,
Sally, don't you grieve
I told her not to grieve after me.


