| My parents raised me tenderly, |
| They had no child but me. |
| My mind being placed on rambling, |
| With them I couldn’t agree |
| Just to leave my aged parents |
| And them no more to see. |
| There was a wealthy gentleman |
| Who lived there very near by. |
| He had a beautiful daughter, |
| On her I cast an eye. |
| She was so tall and slender, |
| So pretty and so fair. |
| There never was a girl in this whole wide world |
| With her I could compare. |
| I asked her if it differed |
| If I crossed over the plain. |
| She said, «It makes no difference |
| If you never return again.» |
| We too shook hands and parted, |
| And I left my girl behind. |
| I started out in this wide world |
| Strange faces for to see. |
| I met little Maggie Walker |
| And she fell in love with me. |
| Her pockets all lined with greenback |
| And her labor I’ll grow old, |
| Now if you’ll consent to marry me |
| I’ll say I’ll roam no more. |
| I traveled out one morning, |
| To the salt works I were bound. |
| And when I reached the salt works |
| I viewed the city all around. |
| Work and money were plentiful |
| And the girls all kind to me. |
| But the only object to my heart |
| Was a girl in Tennessee. |
| I traveled out one morning |
| Down on the market square. |
| The mail train being on arrival, |
| I met the carrier there. |
| He handed me a letter, |
| So’s I could understand |
| That the girl I left in Tennessee |
| Had married another man. |
| I drove on down a little further |
| And found that it was true. |
| I turned my horse and buggy around |
| But I didn’t know what to do. |
| I turned all around and about there -- |
| Bad company I’ll resign; |
| I’ll drive all about from town to town |
| For the girl I left behind. |
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