I don't know if he deserves a bit of sympathy   Forget your sympathy, that's all right with me   I was satisfied to drift along from day to day   Till they came and took my man away      Remember my forgotten man   You put a rifle in his hand   You sent him far away   You shouted: "Hip-hooray!"   But look at him today      Remember my forgotten man   You had him cultivate the land   He walked behind the plow   The sweat fell from his brow   But look at him right now      And once, he used to love me   I was happy then   He used to take care of me   Won't you bring him back again?   'Cause ever since the world began   A woman's got to have a man   Forgetting him, you see   Means you're forgetting me   Like my forgotten man