Well I beg you baby : baby so long
Know you're going to miss me : when I'm dead and gone

Well I know she going to miss me : well when I'm dead and gone
I know you going to miss me baby : *oh poor boy will be*

When you hear me singing : mama this old lonesome song
Know you going to miss poor Joe : when I'm dead and gone

Went down to the station : went out on the track
Saw my baby leaving : couldn't call her back

Well I know that woman going to miss me : well when I'm dead and gone
I know you going to miss me baby : count the days I'm gone

Cried last night baby : all night before
Stop my way of living : and I won't have to cry no more

When I get down and out : sing this lonesome song
Swear you going to miss me woman : when I'm dead and gone

Cried last night mama : cried all night before
Going back home to my baby : won't have to cry no more