Across the river a good woman cried

All because a foolish man lied

She gave up everything

Everything that money could buy

But the man told so many lies

There's another man over there

That woman across the river

Sweet woman across the river, she was mine

Word got around that he had jilted her

Men came running from near and far

Should've never been so foolish

Guess I'll never

But the man that's got her now

He's a lucky so and so

That woman across the river

Sweet woman across the river, she was mine

I remember the other day, about a week ago

She said, "I don't even want to talk to you

'Cause I don't love you anymore"

That woman across the river

Sweet woman across the river, she was mine

Across the river a good woman cried

All because a foolish man lied

She gave up everything, tried to keep him satisfied

But the man told so many lies

There's another man over there

That woman across the river

That woman across the river

That woman across the river

Sweet woman across the river, she was mine