[Verse 1]
Sister Bessie, don't you say no prayer for me
A slow boat's gonna lead me where I'm bound
I'm for to travel far across the distant seas
My destiny will lead me where I'm bound

[Verse 2]
Only a child, and with a sweet child's tender heart
Waiting for someone to call you mine
How do you keep your faith, when you are always falling, yes, I'm falling
How do you find a way to keep from crying

[Verse 3]
Bessie don't you weep, Bessie don't you moan
You stole my heart in oh so many ways
But the woman who stole my soul has taken all I have
And left me here alone and in a daze
Bessie don't you weep no more