The Girl I left In Sunny Tennessee (1899) - William John

written by Harry Braisted and Stanley Carter in 1899

was a morning bright and clear my old folks and I drew near, just a village down in sunny Tennessee
I was speeding on a train that did take me back again to the girl I left in sunny Tennessee

( and I could hear the old folks singing
when she said goodbye to me
all across them fields of cotton
my old home-stead I could see
as the moon rose in its glory
I did sing my final story
to the girl I left in sunny Tennessee )

train pulled up at last old familiar places passed and I kissed my mother at the station door
kind friends gathered round Tears on every face I found
except for the one that id been waiting for

(Refrain)

I asked my mother dear wheres Mary she's not here
the world seems dark and sadness comes to me
she just pointed to the spot in the church graveyard lot
where my sweetheart waits in sunny Tennessee

(Refrain)

thanks to Jacob Kelley-Dillon for providing the recording equipment