[Verse 1]
Josie, I won't fail ya
I won't fail you, have no fear
Josie, I won't fail ya
Give me one more chance, the day is near

[Verse 2]
The meadows they are burstin'
The yellow corn lies in your hand
And with the night comes sorrow
As the tide of dawn slips on the land

[Verse 3]
The long breezes are blowin'
All down the sky into my face
I've a weary kind of feelin'
Like my time has come and gone to waste

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 4]
I love you darlin' Josie
The trees of pine they grow so tall
How come you came to love me
When you didn't love me at all?
[Verse 1]
Josie, I won't fail ya
I won't fail you, have no fear
Josie I won't fail ya
Give me one more chance, the day is near

[Verse 5]
My Josie looks a child now
As she lies beyond my breast
In the night I think about her
In the day I get no rest

[Verse 6]
I cut me a young pine cone
And I gave it to the river deep
It sail'd 'way by your window
Where you lay so long in sleep

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 7]
God bless you darlin' Josie
With your sparkling eyes so bright and clear
Josie, I won't fail ya
I won't fail you, have no fear
[Verse 1]
Josie, I won't fail ya
I won't fail you, have no fear
Josie, I won't fail ya
Give me one more chance, the day is near