The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee

歌詞

On one morning bright and clear My old homestead I drew near It's a village down in sunny Tennessee I was speeding on a train That would carry me back again To that girl I loved in sunny Tennessee You could hear those children singing As she bid farewell to me Far across the fields of cotton My old homestead I could see But as the moon rose in the glory There I told the saddest story To that girl I loved in sunny Tennessee It has been but quite a few years Since I kissed away her tears As I left her at my dear old mother's side And each day we've been apart She's grown nearer to my heart As the night I asked of her to be my bride As the train run in at last Those familiar scenes I passed When I kissed my mother at the station door When the crowd gathered round Tears on every face I found But I missed the one who I'd been waiting for As I whispered "Mother dear Where is Mary?" "She's not here." All the world seems lonely, sadness came to me As she pointed to a spot In the little churchyard lot Where my sweetheart sleeps in sunny Tennessee