Subject: Lyr Add: GAL I LEFT BEHIND ME (trad Mississippi)
From:
harpgirl
Date: 18 Jul 03 - 10:05 PM
Here is a variant from Mississippi:
Folksongs of Mississippi and Their Background
by Arthur Palmer Hudson
Chapel Hill, UNC Press, 1936
Text secured by Mr. F.B. Ladd, Charelston, from Mrs. W.K. Burt, Oakland.
I struck the trail in 'seventy nie,
The herd strung out behind me.
As I jogged along my mind ran back
To the gal I left behind me-
That sweet little gal, that true little gal,
The gal I left behind me.
If ever I get off of the trail
And the Indians don't find me,
I'll make my way straight back again
To the gal I left behind me-
That sweet little gal, that true little gal,
The gal I left behind me.
The wind did blow, the rain did flow,
the hail did fall and blind me;
I thought of that gal, that sweet little gal,
That gal I left behind me-
That sweet little gal, that true little gal,
The gal I left behind me.
She wrote ahead to the place I said;
I was glad always to find it;
She says, "I'm true. When you get through,
Ride back and you will find me"-
That sweet little gal, that true little gal,
The gal I left behind me.
When we sold out I took the train.
I knew where I would find her.
When I got back we had a snack,
And that was no gol-darned liar-
That sweet little gal, that true little gal,
The gal I left behind me.
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