In the winter when the streams are frozen
In the winter when the birds don't sing
That's when I lost my home,
When I lost everything
Kept a-walking till my feet were bloody
Left everything we knew
When they took us cross the Mississipi,
Nothing that I could do
Cry, cry,
Cry, cry
Keep a-pushin on until the ocean
Dancing like a man in chains
'Till you wind up where the sod is hard
Here where you lose your name
Same people said that I was godless
Same people showed me how to pray
Same people with a pen or rifle
Same people took it all away
Cry, cry,
Cry, cry
One more mile,
One more night,
One thousand lies
Won't make it right
Cry, cry
One more mile,
One more night,
One thousand lies
Won't make it right
In the winter when the streams are frozen
In the winter when the birds don't sing
That's when I lost my home,
When I lost everything
Cry, cry,
Cry, cry