The Lonesome River - Stanley Brothers

I sit here alone on the banks of the river

The lonesome wind blows and the water rolls high

I can hear a voice calling out there in the darkness

But I sit here alone too lonesome to cry

Oh, the water rolls high on the river at midnight

I sit on the shore to grieve and to cry

The woman I love she left me this morning

With no one to love or kiss me goodnight

We met there one night on the banks of the river

Sat there holding hands and making our vow

That we never would part and be happy together

But a new love she’s found, she’s gone from me now

Oh, the water rolls high on the river at midnight

I sit on the shore to grieve and to cry

The woman I love she left me this morning

With no one to love or kiss me goodnight