I was just walkin' out the door. It's too bad you didn't come before. I waited so long, so long, so long. There's no time to wait any more. How I cried for you day and night.
(Jim uh huh, Jim uh huh, Jim). . Jim, I did everything that I could. But your fever just wouldn't die down. So I tied your horse to the wagon bed. And last night I brought you to town..