Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee [core]

On a morning bright and clear, to my 4 old home I drew near
Just a 5 village down in sunny Tennes- 1 see
I was speeding on a train that would 4 bring me back again
To my 5 sweetheart who was waiting there for 1 me

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We could hear the old folks singing
As she 4 said farewell to 1 me
Far across the fields of cotton
My old 2 homestead I could 5 see
When the 1 moon rose in its glory
Then I 4 told life's sweetest 1 story
To the 5 girl I loved in sunny Tennes- 1 see

It was but a few short years since I'd 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 dearer to my heart
Than the night I asked of her to be my bride

As the train drew up at last, old familiar scenes I passed
And I kissed my mother at the station door
But as old friends gathered 'round, tears on every face I found
But I missed the one that I'd been longing for

As I whispered, mother dear, where is Mary, she's not here
All the world seemed lost and sadness came to me
For she pointed to a spot in the churchyard's little lot
Where my sweetheart sleeps in sunny Tennessee