By The Stanley Brothers.
Duration: 2:55.

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Tracks that I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow references:

• Farewell Song by Dick Burnett

Tracks that reference I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow:

From Additional Tracks:

• I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow by O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Dan Tyminski, and T-Bone Burnett

Lyrics:

(In constant sorrow through all my days)

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The state where I was borned and raised
(The state where he was borned and raised)

For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasure here on Earth I find
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
(He has no friends to help him now)

It's fare thee well my own 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
(Perhaps he'll die upon this train)

You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
(While he is sleeping in his grave)

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you'll never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)

Artist commentary:

Niklink: (wiki editor)

While the Stanley Brothers first recorded the song in 1951 (and claimed copyright on the song, as no previous performers had done so), it's the 1959 recording here linked that popularized the song and formed the basis of most modern versions.