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Tragic Romance

Grandpa Jones - Wiley Morris - Zake Morris

© Lois Pub, BMI

Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee Hills
There neat the pines midst the rocks and the rills
There stands my ole homestead of long long ago
It brings back sweet mem'ries of the one I loved so

I'll tell you the reason why I left her there
To roam this ole world with its sorrow and care
I saw her one night in the arms of a man
Huggin' and kissin' as two lovers can

I went to my home with a heart full of woe
Packed my belongings determined to go
For many long years this ole world I did roam
With thoughts of my sweetheart my darling my own
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While dining one day in a little country town
A stranger walked in and he chanced to sit down
While talking of loved ones I happened to find
That his sister was that ole sweetheart of mine

When he heard my story to me then he said
The one you left there has a long time been dead
She waited so long for the day you'd return
And why you had left her she never did learn

Now I was the one that you saw that fatal night
Wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight
She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart
Stranger from her ever more you must part

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