Story Behind The Song
available on www.songsbyjohn.com - look under Songs header
Song Description
traditional bluegrass song with fiddle, upright bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and multiple vocal parts
| Song Length |
5:07 |
Genre |
Country - Bluegrass, Country - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Relaxed, Content |
Subject |
Encouragement, Brother |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
CHORUS
So where are you, brother man of sorrows
Won?t you help me down the road
Brother man, brother man of sorrows
Lend a hand to lighten the load
For a year now, I walked in silence
Asking nought from those around
Just a mighty cloud of witnesses
That did my soul surround
For to keep the thief from stealing it
With a blanket at night they covered me
For to keep the thief away
repeat CHORUS
Yet at times I knew the greatest joy
Saw the bright light of tomorrow
But I never journeyed far away
Brother man of constant sorrow
repeat CHORUS