Oh, the rain is slowly fallin'   And my heart is so sore   Six more miles and leave my darling   Never on this earth to meet no more      Six more miles to the graveyard   Six more miles, long and sad   Six more miles and leave my darling   Leave the best friend, I ever had      Oh, I hear the train a-comin'   Bringin' my darlin' back home   Six more miles to the graveyard   And I'll be left here all alone      Six more miles to the graveyard   Six more miles, long and sad   Six more miles and leave my darling   Leave the best friend, I ever had      Six more miles to the graveyard   Six more miles, long and sad   Six more miles and leave my darling   Leave the best friend, I ever had