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Well, if somehow you could pack up your sorrows,
And give them all to me,
You would lose them, i know how to use them,
Give them all to me.
No use cryin', talking to a stranger,
Namin' the sorrows you've seen;
Oh, 'cause there are too many bad times,
Too many sad times,
Nobody knows what you mean.
Well, if somehow you could pack up your sorrows,
And give them all to me,
You would lose them, i know how to use them,
Give them all to me.
No use ramblin', walkin' in the shadows,
Trailin' a wanderin' star,
No one beside you, no one to hide you,
No one to hide you,
An' nobody knows where you are.
Well, if somehow you could pack up your sorrows,
And give them all to me,
You would lose them, i know how to use them,
Give them all to me.
No use roamin', walking by the roadside,
Seekin' a satisfied mind,
Ah, 'cause there are too many highways,
Too many byways,
Nobody's walkin' behind.
Well, if somehow you could pack up your sorrows,
And give them all to me,
You would lose them, i know how to use them,
Give them all to me.
Well, if somehow you could pack up your sorrows,
And give them all to me,
You would lose them, i know how to use them,
Give them all to me.
You would lose them, i know how to use them,
Give them all to me.
The above variant from a recording by Peter, Paul and Mary (Peter, Paul and Mary Album, 1966). A variant was also recorded by John Barr aka "Little" John Cameron from Blantyre, Scotland and Torbay, NL [1943-2002] (Sit Down, Mr. Music Man ©1967 Boot Records, Toronto). Variants were also recorded by many others, including Judy Collins (Fifth, 1965); Loudon Wainwright and Iris Dement (Bleeker Street: Greenwich Village in the '60s, 1999); Johnny Cash and June Carter (Carryin' On, 1967); and Joan Baez, who recorded a variant on a 45 rpm single in 1966.
