hear that old cannonball sound her lonesome horn i hate to hear her weep and moan
cannonball blow her lonesome horn weep and moan good god weep and moan
i hear the cannonball sound her lonesome horn
time for the old cannonball
come bailing down on me
time for the old cannonball

roll me over set the poor boy free
old cannonball barrel down on me
set the poor boy free
good god set the poor boy free
roll me over get my poor hearties
let the cannonball barrel down on me
get that old cannonball sound her lonesome horn
i hate to hear her weep and moan
cannonball blow her lonesome horn
weep and moan
poor girl weep and moan
cannonball blow her lonesome horn
oh man it dead and gone
i hate to hear her weep and moan
cannonball blow her lonesome horn
dead and gone
good god dead and gone
can you hear her weep and moan
make you wish you had never been born
hear the cannonball blow her lonesome horn
that old cannonball
sound her lonesome horn
cannonball blow her lonesome horn
can you hear her weep and moan
cannonball sound her lonesome horn

A loss of hope
Can he hear her weeping more
Before her man's dead and gone