The Girl I Left Behind in Tennessee-The Chieftains

[ti:The Girl I Left Behind in Tennessee] [ar:The Chieftains] [al:Further Down The Old Plank Road] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Girl I Left Behind in Tennessee - The Chieftains (酋长乐队) [00:15.81]On a morning bright and clear [00:18.78] [00:19.91]To my old home I drew near [00:22.48] [00:23.54]Just a village down in sunny Tennessee [00:28.22] [00:30.84]I'd been speeding on a train [00:33.72] [00:34.69]That would take me home again [00:37.16] [00:38.15]To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee [00:42.86] [00:45.60]As the train drew up at last [00:48.47] [00:49.44]Old familar scene's had passed [00:52.12] [00:53.39]I kissed my mother at the station door [00:57.69] [01:00.72]Then kind friends that gathered round [01:03.27] [01:03.99]Smile on every face I found [01:06.45] [01:07.95]Where I missed the one that I was waiting for [01:12.48] [01:15.33]You can hear the children singing [01:17.98] [01:18.79]As she said farewell to me [01:21.52] [01:22.68]Far across the fields of cotton [01:26.22]My old homestead I could see [01:29.14] [01:31.92]As the moon rose in it's glory [01:34.66] [01:35.51]Then I told life's sadest story [01:38.26] [01:39.18]To the girl I loved in sunny Tennessee [01:43.87] [02:01.38]I just whispered mother dear [02:03.94] [02:05.18]Where is Mary she's not here [02:07.74] [02:09.00]The world seemed dark [02:10.56]And sadness came to me [02:13.41] [02:16.00]She just pointed to the spot [02:18.69] [02:19.82]In that little church yard lot [02:22.40] [02:23.69]Where my sleeps in sunny Tennessee [02:27.83] [02:30.87]You can hear children singing [02:33.39] [02:34.37]As she said farewell to me [02:37.10] [02:38.04]Far across the fields of cotton [02:40.96] [02:41.74]My old homestead I could see [02:44.52] [02:46.99]As the moon rose in it's glory [02:49.86] [02:50.75]Then I told life's sadest story [02:53.58] [02:54.50]Of the girl I loved in sunny Tennessee