[Verse 1]
Along crags and sunless cracks I go
(Along crags and sunless cracks I go)
Up rib of rock, down spine of stone
(Up rib of rock, down spine of stone)
I dare not slumber where the night winds whistle
(I dare not slumber where the night winds whistle)
Lest her creeping soul clutch this heart of thistle
(Lest her creeping soul clutch thistle)

[Chorus]
Oh, the same God that abandoned her
(Oh, the same God that abandoned her)
Has in turn abandoned me
(Has done gone abandoned me)
And softenin' the turf with my tears
(And softenin' the turf with my tears)
I dug a well of misery

[Verse 2]
And in that well of misery
(And down that well of misery)
Hangs a bucket full o' sorrow
(Hangs a bucket full o' sorrow)
And it swings slow and achin' like a bell
(It swings slow like a bell)
And its toll is dead and hollow
(And its toll is dead and hollow)
[Verse 3]
Oh, down the well lies the long lost dress
(Oh, down the well lies the dress)
Of my li'l floating girl
(Of my little floating girl)
That muffles a tear that you let fall
(That deadens a tear that you let fall)
All down the well of misery

[Verse 4]
Put shoulder to handle, if you dare
(Put shoulder to handle, if you dare)
And hoist the bucket hither
(And hoist that bucket hither)
Lord, crank and hoist an' hoist an' crank
(Lord, crank an' hoist an' hoist an' crank)
Till your muscles waste an' wither
(Till your muscles waste an' wither)

[Chorus]
And the same God that abandoned her
(The same God that abandoned her)
Has in turn abandoned me
(Has in turn abandoned me)
Deep in the desert of despair
(Deep in the desert of despair)
I wait at the Well of Misery