Worried Man Blues

It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
 I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep
 I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep
 When I woke up, had shackles on my feet
 Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
 Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
 And on each link, the initial of my name
 It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
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 I asked that judge, tell me, what might be my fine
 I asked that judge, tell me, what might be my fine
 Twenty one years on the R C Mountain line
 The train arrived, sixteen coaches long
 The train arrived, sixteen coaches long
 The girl I love is on that train and gone
 It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
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 If anyone asks you who composed this song
 If anyone asks you who composed this song
 Tell 'em t'was I, and I sing it all day long
 It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 It takes a worried man to sing worried song
 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long