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Roger in Baltimore Lyr Req: Old Smoky / Old Smokey (Roscoe Holcomb) (18) RE: Roscoe Holcomb 24 Apr 99


ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY Is this the song you want? Popularized by Burl Ives. This is in the DT.

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY
On top of old Smoky, all covered with snow
I lost my true lover from courting too slow

Though courting's a pleasure and parting is grief
A false-hearted lover is worse than a thief

For a thief will just rob you and take what you have
But a false-hearted lover will lead you to the grave

The grave will decay you and turn you to dust
Not one boy in a thousand a poor girl can trust

He'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies
Than cross-ties on a railroad or stars in the skies

Roger in Baltimore


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