Don't the world seem lonesome battlin' by yourself

Don't the world seem lonesome battlin' by yourself

Yes to think someone you love has turned her back for someone else

When my mother and dad left me I was too small to help myself

When my mother an' dad left me I was too small to help myself

And my sisters and brothers they drove me away to somebody else

So many nights and days I tramped through the rain and snow

So many nights and days I tramped through the rain and snow

I wanted to go back home but I know I'm not wanted there no more

It what a lonesome life when everything go wrong

What a lonesome life when you tryin' to carry on

When you motherless and fatherless and every friend you had begin to treat you wrong

Rocks was my pillow and the cold ground was by bed

Rocks was my pillow and the cold ground was by bed

And the blue skies was my blanket and the moonlight was my spread