It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   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      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 I had shackles on my feet      Twenty-one links of chain around my leg   There was twenty one links of chain around my leg   Twenty-one links of chain around my leg   And upon each link there's an initial of my name      It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   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      I asked that judge, "What's gonna be my fine?"   Asked that judge, "Say, what's gonna be my fine?"   I asked that judge, "What's gonna be my fine?"   Said, "Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain mine"      It takes a worried man to sing a worried song   Yes, 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