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30 Dec 00 - 05:33 PM (#365830) Subject: The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee From: harpgirl The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee On one morning bright and clear My old homestead I drew near Was a village down in sunny Tennessee I was speeding on a train That would carry me back again To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee Chorus I could hear the old folks singing As they said farewell to me Far across the fields of cotton My old homestead I could see As the moon rose in its glory There I told my sweetest story To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee It has been since quite a few years Since I kissed away the tears And I left her at my dear old mother's side And those days we've been apart She comes near to my heart As the night I asked her to be my bride (chorus) As the train ran at last Those familiar things have past When I kissed my mother at the station door When the crowd gathered round Tears on every face was found But I didn't see the one I was looking for As I whispered "Mother dear, Where is Mary? She's not here And the world seemed lonesome to me She pointed to a spot In a lonesome church yard lot Where my Mary sleeps in sunny Tennessee Words and music by Harvey Braisted and Stanley Carter, 1899, PD.... for Erlin and Les Morse on New Year's Eve...hg |
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30 Dec 00 - 07:01 PM (#365882) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee From: Mooh Norman Blake's record, Whiskey Before Breakfast, has always been a favourite of mine, and The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee from that record always reminds me of a girl I knew from Tennessee when I was about 16. I wish I knew where she was now, I never really got over her... Thanks for the lyrics, ain't this place amazing? Mooh. |