You've got to walk that lonesome valley (oh)
Well you gotta go (go) go by yourself (go by yourself)
Well there ain't nobody else (ain't nobody else there)
Gonna go there for you (gonna go there for you)
Well, you know you gotta go, (gotta go) gotta go, you gotta go there by yourself
(Now mother walk) yeah mother walk (that lonesome valley) That lonesome valley
(now mother walk) you gotta walk (She walk it, walk it by herself,
Oh ain't nobody else could ever walk it for her
She had to walk it ) She had to go (she had to walk it by herself) all by herself
(Well you gotta walk) you gotta walk
(That lonesome valley) that lonesome valley
(You gotta gotta go) well you gotta gotta go
(Yeah by yourself) all by yourself (ain't nobody else
Could go there for you, well you gotta go) you gotta go
There by yourself Go Man, Move it! Let's go Carl!)
(Well now father walked) yes my father walked
(That lonesome valley) that lonesome valley
(Now father walked) well you know he walked it
(He walked it by himself, nobody else could walk it for him
Well he had to walk) you know he had to walk (he had to walk it by himself)
Well you've got to walk (walk) that lonesome valley (walk that lonesome valley)
Well you gotta go there by yourself all by yourself
Ain't nobody else (ain't nobody else) gonna go there with you
Well, you know you gotta go (well you gotta go) there by yourself
Now John was a baptist (John was a baptist)
An' he was (some folk say) he was a Jew (a Jew, a Jew, oh)
He wrote that holy holy bible
The bible tells you, (it plainly tells you)
That he was, (that he was) a preacher too
Well you know you gotta walk that lonesome valley (walk that lonesome valley)
Well you know you gotta go (you gotta go) there by yourself (by yourself)
Ain't nobody else (ain't nobody else) gonna go there with you (gonna go there for you)
Well, you know you gotta walk there (you gotta walk there) by yourself by yourself
Well you know you gotta walk that lonesome valley (that lonesome valley)
Well you know you gotta go (well you gotta go) there by yourself, just by yourself
Ain't nobody else gonna go there with you (gonna go there with you)
Well, you know you gotta go (well you gotta go) there by yourself (all by yourself)
By yourself .....