Poor Boy Lyrics

Poor Boy by Joan Baez
I walked down to the river poor boy, to see the ships go by
my sweetheart stood on the deck of one, and she waved to me goodbye.
chorus:
bow down your head and cry poor boy,
bow down your head and cry, stop thinking about that woman you love,
bow down your head and cry.

I followed her for months and months,she offered me her hand
we were just about to be married when she ran off with a gambling man.
chorus:
bow down your head and cry poor boy,
bow down your head and cry, stop thinking about that woman you love,
bow down your head and cry.

Well if i had a golden thread and a needle for to sew,
id stitch myself to my true loves side and down that river we'd go.
chorus:
bow down your head and cry poor boy,
bow down your head and cry, stop thinking about that woman you love,
bow down your head and cry.