You can see a copy of the sheet music to THE GIRL I LOVED IN SUNNY TENNESSEE at Indiana University Sheet Music Collections.

Words, Harry Braisted. Music, Stanley Carter. 1899.

Words are the same as those posted by Q above, except:

Verse 1, line 8: Since I'd kissed away her tears,
Verse 1, line 11: She's grown dearer to my heart
Verse 1, line 12: Than the night I asked of her to be my bride.
Chorus, line 5: When the moon rose in its glory
Verse 2, line 4: But, as old friends gathered round,
Verse 2, line 10: For she pointed to a spot,