Flatt and Scruggs - Worried Man Blues lyrics

I went across the river, I lay down to sleep I went across the river, I lay down to sleep When I woke up had shackles on my feet 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 Twenty-one links of chain around my leg Twenty-one links of chain around my leg And on each link is initial of a man 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 If anyone should asked you who composed this song If anyone should asked you who composed this song Just say it was I, I'll sing it all day long 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