I walked on down that lonesome line
Hung my head and I cried
I wept and I cried under a willow tree
Out by the deep blue sea
My mama, my dear papa can be found,
And my brother on a county road
Now I been down that long plank walk,
Im on my way back home
You cause me to weep, you do cause me to moan
You cause me to leave my home
I cried last night and the night before
I swear I wont cry anymore
Your fast mail train comin round that track
Killed my brown eyed boy
They took him down that smokey track
Brought him back on a cooling board
Now Im lookin down that lonesome line
Just as far as I care to see
I have no money lost my brown eyed boy
These blues wont set me free
You do cause me to weep, you do cause me to moan
You cause me to leave my home
I cried last night and the night before
I swear I wont cry anymore