[Delmar & Pete]

In constant sorrow through all his days

[Verse 1: Ulysses Everett McGill]

I am a man of constant sorrow

I've seen trouble all my days

I bid farewell to ol' Kentucky

The place where I was born and raised

[Delmar & Pete]

The place where he was born and raised

[Verse 2: Ulysses Everett McGill]

For six long years I've been in trouble

No pleasure here on Earth I've found

For in this world I'm bound to ramble

I have no friends to help me now

[Delmar & Pete]

He has no friends to help him now

[Verse 3: Ulysses Everett McGill]

It's fare thee well, my old true lover

I never expect to see you again

For I'm bound to ride that Northern Railroad

Perhaps I'll die upon this train

[Delmar & Pete]

Perhaps he'll die upon this train

[Verse 4: Ulysses Everett McGill]

You can bury me in some deep valley

For many years where I may lay

And you may learn to love another

While I am sleeping in my grave

[Delmar & Pete]

While he is sleeping in his grave

[Verse 5: Ulysses Everett McGill]

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger

My face you never will see no more

But there is one promise that is given

I'll meet you on God's golden shore

[Delmar & Pete]

He'll meet you on God's golden shore