1.   If I had listened t'what Mama said,

     I would not have been here today;

     Wishing for things I'll never have,

     And weeping my sweet life away.



cho: If I was on some foggy mountain top,

     I'd sail away to the West

     I'd sail all around this old wide world

     To the one I love the best.



2.   You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn,

     You caused me to leave my home;

     Oh, that lonesome pine and those good old times,

     I'm on my way back home.



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3.   Oh, when you see that two-faced blonde,

     There's somethin' you can tell 'er;

     She need not fool her time away,

     A-tryin' to steal a feller.

 

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4.   Oh, when you come to courtin' now,

     Put on you navy blue;

     That long tail "roust-a-bout" you wear,

     Don't do a thing for you.



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