I wish to the lord I'd never been born
Or died when I was young
I never would have seen your sparkling blue eyes
Or heard your lying tongue
All the good times are past and gone
All the good time
She’s long she’s tall, she six feet
from the ground
She’s long she’s tall, she six feet
from the ground
She tailor made, lord she ain’t no hand me
down
Oh-di-lay-ee-ay
Cry cry darling
That's what I'll do If you should leave me with
the blues
Cry cry darling
That's all I do cause you're the one that's in my
heart
For me there'll be no moonlight
If ever we shoul
On Saturday night when our work is done
We load our music up on the run
Heavy traffic ahead, heavy traffic ahead
We got to ramble ramble there's heavy traffic
ahead
We pull out of Nashville right
I once had a darling wife kind, true and sweet
Life was so bright and gay everything complete
But I fell for another who led my life astray
So I'll live in sorrow till my dying day
Down the highway
They tell me that you are going away
What makes you want to leave?
You gave me your love and you gave me your vow
Now you're leavin' me here to grieve
Live and let live, don't break my heart
Do
Mother left this world of sorrow
Our home was silent and so sad
Dad took sick and had to leave us
I have no home No mother nor dad
There's a little lonesome grave yard
On these tomestones it did
The stars up in the sky remind me of your eyes
And the way they use to gaze into mine
The moon up above brings back memories of love
I thought was true and so divine
So never again, oh never no more
In the beautiful hills in the mists of Roane
County
There's where I have roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tendin most ever
There's where the first step of misfortune I made
It's
I hate to see the sun sink low
Just for a cause you ought to know
For it's true love I can't forget
All of my sorrow you'll soon regret
You promised me love that was true
And I'm sorry to say that I b
