Here's the version from Sandburg's American Songbag (1927)

Ten Thousand Miles Away from Home

Ten thousand miles away from home,
And I don't even know my name.
For thinkin' about the woman I love,
Ran away with another man.

I went down to the old depot,
The trains were a-passin' by;
Looked through the bars, saw the woman I love,
And I hung my head and cried.

Standing on the street corner,
And the girl I loved passed by;
She shrugged her shoulder and passed me by,
And I tucked my head and cried.

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Alternate verses:

I went down to the railroad
Where the big six-wheelers ran;
I saw my woman sitting there
In the arms of another man.

I stood on the street corner;
It was shortly after dark;
Along came a man with the woman I love,
And I stabbed him through the heart.

"Well it's please, Mr. Judge, now please, Mr. Judge,
It's what are you goin' to do with me?"
He says, "If I find you guilty, dear boy,
I'm goin' to send you to the penitentiary."

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