Worried Man Blues

The train arrived, sixteen coaches long

It takes a worried man to sing worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
I asked that judge, tell me, what might be my fine

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
The girl I love is on that train and gone
I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
And on each link, the initial of my name

I asked that judge, tell me, what might be my fine

If anyone asks you who composed this song
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
It takes a worried man to sing worried song

Tell 'em t'was I, and I sing it all day long
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long
I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep
When I woke up, had shackles on my feet
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
If anyone asks you who composed this song
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
It takes a worried man to sing worried song

Twenty one years on the R C Mountain line