Lyr Req: My Wife Went Away and Left Me

Subject: my wife went away...lyrics
From: GUEST,George
Date: 07 Dec 06 - 09:41 PM

There is an aold Country song I knew ages ago that I can't remember much of anymore.
It went:
"My wife went away and she left me
Out in this sad world alone
Sadness and gladness she left
She left a doggone good home etc... "
What are the correct words - and who's it by - and when?

Subject: Lyr Add: MY WIFE WENT AWAY AND LEFT ME
From: Peace
Date: 07 Dec 06 - 10:04 PM

MY WIFE WENT AWAY AND LEFT ME

My wife went away and she left me
Out in this wide world alone
Sadness and gladness she left me
She left a doggone good home
I wrote her a letter last Tuesday
Sealed it with a kiss
The answer came back next morning
And what she said to me was this

When the groc'ry man puts sand in the sugar
The milkman makes milk out of chalk
Boys stay home with their mothers
Women forget how to talk
When the ocean turns into corn whiskey
The railroad runs under the sea
And the man in the moon comes down in a balloon
Then darling, I'll come back to thee

I sat down and wrote her another
Sealed it with my fist
The answer came back next morning
And what she said to me was this

When the moon turns into an apple
And a rainbow turns into a vine
They build a steeple to heaven
The stars they all fail to shine
When the ocean turns into rye whiskey
Makes glasses to see the wind
When the girls quit using powder and paint
Then darling, I'll ask you again

Subject: RE: my wife went away...lyrics
From: Peace
Date: 07 Dec 06 - 10:07 PM

My Wife She Has Gone and Left Me [Me II-C19]

Us - My Wife Went Away and Left Me
My Wife Went Away and Left Me [Me II-C19]

At - When Will My Wife Return to Me ; I Got Drunk and I Got Married
Dickel Brothers. Dickel Brothers Volume One, Empty Records MTR 376, LP (1999), trk# B.05
Harrell, Kelly; & the Virginia String Band. Kelly Harrell and the Virginia String Band, County 408, LP (1975), trk# B.06 [1927/03/23] (My Wife She Has Gone and Left Me)
Poole, Charlie; and the North Carolina Ramblers. Legend of Charlie Poole, County 516, LP (1968), trk# A.06 [1928/07/23]

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Wife Went Away and Left Me
From: GUEST,George
Date: 10 Dec 06 - 07:38 PM

Thanks Peace.
Geo