| Oh why, oh why did you wander?
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| Oh, why did you ever roam?
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| When you knew that we always were happy
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| All alone in our old mountain home
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| It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains
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| Down in the hills of Tennessee
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| As she waited alone in the moonlight
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| It was there that she waited for me Oh why, oh why did you wander?
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| Oh, why did you ever roam?
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| When you knew that we always were happy
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| All alone in our old mountain home
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| Oh, why did you leave me little darling?
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| Why did you leave me alone?
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| For you knew I’d be lonely without you
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| All alone in our old mountain home
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| Oh why, oh why did you wander?
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| Oh, why did you ever roam?
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| When you knew that we always were happy
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| All alone in our old mountain home
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| Now I hope you will always be happy
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| No matter where you may roam
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| And I hope to be with you up in Heaven
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| As we were in our old mountain home
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| Oh why, oh why did you wander?
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| Oh, why did you ever roam?
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| When you knew that we always were happy
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| All alone in our old mountain home
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| Oh why, oh why did you wander?
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| Oh, why did you ever roam?
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| When you knew that we always were happy
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| All alone in our old mountain home |