My man's gone now
Ain't no use a listenin'
For his tired footsteps
Climbin' up the stairs
Ahhh, ahhh

Old man sorrow's
Come to keep me company
Whisperin' beside me
When I say my prayers
Ahhh, ahhh

Ain't that I mind workin'
Workin' means travelers
Journeyin' togheter
To the promised land

But old man sorrow's
Mountin' all the way with me
Tell' me that I'm old now
Since I lose my man
(Since she lose her man)
Since I lose my man
Ahhh, ahhh

Ole Man Sorrow
Sittin' by de fireplace,
Lyin' all night long
By me in the bed.
Tellin' me de same thing
Mornin', noon an' ev'nin'
That I'm all alone now
Since my man is dead.
Ahhh

Since my man is dead.
