It's Been Ten Long Years Since I Left My Home In The Hollow Where I Was Born

Where The Cool Fall Nights Make The Woods Smell Right And The Fox Hunter Blows Him Horn

I Fell In Love With A Girl From The Town, I Thought That She Would Be True

I Ran Away To Charlottsville And Worked In A Sawmill Or Two


What Have They Done To The Old Home Place?

Why Did They Tear It Down?

And Why Did I Leave The Plow In The Field And Look For A Job In The Town?


Now The Girl Ran Off With Somebody Else, Tarriffs Took All My Pay

And Here I Stand Where The Old Home Stood Before They Took It Away

Now Geese Fly South And The Cold Wind Blows As I Stand Here And Hang My Head

I Lost My Love And Lost My Home, And Now I Wish That I Was Dead


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