Carry Me Back To The Mountain

I was a wild careless youngster

Longing to roam from the start

So I left my home in the mountains

And broke my poor darling’s heart

I caught a train at the crossing

And never told her goodbye

Then someone wrote me a letter

And told me my sweetheart had died

Oh carry me back to the mountain

Beneath the southern skies

Lay me to rest in the mountain

That’s where my sweetheart lies

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I get so lonesome and weary

No matter where I roam

Oh carry me back to the mountain

Back to my home sweet home

I’ve roamed this whole wide world over

Living a life of regret

Longing to be with my darlin’

Trying so hard to forget

I pray that God will forgive me

And on that bright peaceful shore

I’ll find her waiting in heaven

Where we will part never more

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I get so lonesome and weary …