Worried Man Blues

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It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
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It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,
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I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long.
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I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep,
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 with the shackles on my feet.
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  It takes a worried man to sing a worried song ....
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Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg  ( 3x  ) 
And on each link is initial of my name
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I asked the judge what might be my fine  ( 3x  )
"Twenty-one years on the R.C. Mountain line."
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The train arrived, sixteen coaches long  ( 3x  )
The girl I love is on that train and gone
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If any one asks you who composed this song   ( 3x  )
Tell him it was I and I sing it all day long.
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