Worried Man Blues Lyrics - Flatt And Scruggs

I went across the river, I lay down to sleep 

I went across the river, I lay down to sleep 

When I woke up had shackles on my feet 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long 

Twenty-one links of chain around my leg 

Twenty-one links of chain around my leg 

And on each link is initial of a man 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long 

If anyone should asked you who composed this song 

If anyone should asked you who composed this song 

Just say it was I, I'll sing it all day long 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long