Sounds like this to me...

As Recorded by Nancy & Norman Blake

On the morning bright and clear
To my old home I drew near
A village down in sunny Tennessee
I'd been speeding on a train
That would take me home again
To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee.

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    You could hear
    Whippoorwills calling
    As she bid farewell to me
    Far across those fields-a cotton
    My old homestead I could see
    As the moon rose in it's glory
    Then I told my saddest story
    To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee.

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It has been but quite a few years
Since I kissed away her tears
As I left her at my dear old mother's side
And each day we've been apart
She's grown nearer to my heart
As the night I asked of her to be my bride.

As that train drew up at last
Old familiar scenes had passed
I kissed my mother at the station door
Good-time friends all gathered 'round
Smiles on ev'ry face I found
I missed the one that I'd been searching for.

And I just whispered "Mother dear
Where's Mary?" "She's not here."
The world grew dark and sadness came to me
She just pointed to the spot
In the little churchyard lot
Where my Mary sleeps in sunny Tennessee.

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