[Chorus] I am a maid of constant sorrow I've seen trials all of my days I'm going back to California Place where I was partly raised Your friends may say that I'm a stranger My face they'll never see no more There is but one promise that's given I'll sail on God's golden shore All through this world I'm bound to ramble Through sun and wind and drivin' rain I'm bound to ride the western railway Perhaps I'll take the very next train [Chorus]