Jimmie Rodgers   Roulette R-4191
 (Olofson-McIntyre)   Mappa Mus. Corp.  ASCAP


 Twelve more miles to Tucumcari
 I've been hurrying there
 To the gal I'm gonna marry
 With the yellowest hair

 {Left right march along
 I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
 Ten more miles to Tucumcari
 Then I'll never more roam
 (Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

 Eight more miles to Tucumcari
 It's the fourth of July
 Been three years in January
 Since I kissed her goodbye

 {Left right march along
 I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
 Six more miles to Tucumcari
 Then I'll never more roam
 (Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

 Four more miles to Tucumcari
 Not much further to go
 Got no time to waste or tarry
 She'll be waitin' I know

 {Left right march along
 I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
 Two more miles to Tucumcari
 Then I'll never more roam
 (Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

 Here I am in Tucumcari
 Found my yellow-haired gal
 Just in time to see her marry
 With my very best pal

 {Left right march along
 Guess I better be gone} (I better be gone)
 A thousand miles from Tucumcari
 I'll be rambling on
 (Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I'll be rambling on)

 A hundred miles from Tucumcari
 Down in Santa Fe
 Fell in love with a girl named Mary
 Gee I'm happy today

 {No more marching now
 Found my honeycomb} (found my honeycomb)
 I've forgotten Tucumcari
 No more reason to roam
 (Tucumcari, Tucumcari)
 I've forgotten Tucumcari
 No more reason to roooaaaammmmm


 Transcribed by Little John
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