Carsmile Smith he's the old one    Don't you know he's the good one       Don'tcha, don'tcha       Bessy stood by the side of the grave    Like a woman of love would do    She hung her hands into a knot of grief    For a man she never knew    Carsmile Smith he's the old one    Don't you know that he's the good one       Don'tcha, don'tcha       Carsmile Smith he's the old one Don't you know he's the good one       Don'tcha, don'tcha       Bessy stood by the side of the grave    Like a woman of love would do    She hung her hands into a knot of grief    For a man she never knew       Don'tcha, don'tcha