Oh it's fare thee well my darlin' [bad word] 
 I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn.
 I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
 Or maybe the coast of Californ.
 So it's fare thee well my own [bad word] love,
 We'll meet another day, another time.
 It ain't the leavin'
 That's a-grievin' me
 But my [bad word] love who's bound to stay behind.

Oh the weather is against me and the wind blows hard
 And the rain she's a-turnin' into hail.
 I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west,
 Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail.
 So it's fare thee well my own [bad word] love,
 We'll meet another day, another time.
 It ain't the leavin'
 That's a-grievin' me
 But my [bad word] love who's bound to stay behind.

I will write you a letter from time to time,
 As I'm ramblin' you can travel with me too.
 With my head, my heart and my hands, my love,
 I will send what I learn back home to you.
 So it's fare thee well my own [bad word] love,
 We'll meet another day, another time.
 It ain't the leavin'
 That's a-grievin' me
 But my [bad word] love who's bound to stay behind.

I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles,
 Be them somebody else's or my own.
 With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high,
 I will travel unnoticed and unknown.
 So it's fare thee well my own [bad word] love,
 We'll meet another day, another time.
 It ain't the leavin'
 That's a-grievin' me
 But my [bad word] love who's bound to stay behind.

I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound,
 It's down around the old Mexican plains.
 They say that the people are all friendly there
 And all they ask of you is your name.
 So it's fare thee well my own [bad word] love,
 We'll meet another day, another time.
 It ain't the leavin'
 That's a-grievin' me
 But my [bad word] love who's bound to stay behind.