Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be And now she's gone but I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world Don't you come here running, holding out your hand I'll get me a woman like you got your man And now she's gone but I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world Another series of versions derive from that recorded by Howlin' Wolf, which formed the basis for covers by Cream and many other groups: One summer day, she went away She gone and left me, she gone to stay But now she gone, and I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world Worked all the summer, and worked all the fall I had to take my Christmas, in my overall But now she gone, and I don't worry Because I'm sitting on top of the world Goin' down to the freight yard, just to meet a freight train I'm gonna leave this town, well it's just got too hard But now she gone, and I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world One summer day, she went away She gone and left me, she gone to stay But now she gone, and I don't worry 'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world