You've got to walk that lonesome valley

Well, you gotta go by yourself

Well, ain't nobody gonna go there for you

You know, you gotta go

You know, gotta go there all by yourself Now mother walked that lonesome valley

Now mother walked, she walked it, walked by herself

Oh, ain't nobody else could ever walk it for her

She had to walk it

She had to walk it by herself Yeah, you've got to walk that lonesome valley

You gotta, gotta go there by yourself

Ain't nobody else to go there for you

Well, you gotta go, oh, there by yourself Well, now father walked that lonesome valley

Now father walked it, he walked it by himself

Ain't nobody else could walk it for him

Well, he had to walk it

He had to walk it by himself Well, you've got to walk that lonesome valley

Well, you gotta go there by yourself

Ain't nobody else don't wanna go there with you

Oh, you know you gotta go by yourself Well, John was a Baptist

Now he was, he was a Jew

He wrote that holy, holy Bible

The Bible tells us

That, that he was a preacher too Now you know you've got to walk that lonesome valley

Well, you know you gotta go there by yourself

Ain't nobody else gonna go there with you

Now you know you gotta walk there all by yourself Well, you've got to walk that lonesome valley

Well, you know you gotta go there by yourself

Well, ain't nobody else are gonna go there with you

You know you gotta go there by yourself, by yourself