I’ve traveled o’er this country wide seeking fortune fair
Up and down both coastlines, I’ve traveled everywhere
From Portland East to Portland West and all along the line
I’m going now to the place that’s best, that old hometown of mine

Oh, eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
Eight more miles on this old road and I’ll never more be blue
I knew someday that I’d come back, I knew it from the start
Eight more miles to Louisville, the hometown of my heart

Now you might have a gal somewhere that you like best of all
Mine comes down from Louisville, she’s little and she’s small
She’s the kind you just can’t find a-ramblin’ through the land
I’m on my way this very day to win her heart and hand

I can picture in my mind a place we’ll call our home
A humble little plot for two, we’ll never have to roam
A place that’s fine for that love sign is in them bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville

[1] I’ve traveled [5] o’er this [1] country [4] wide [1] seeking [5] fortune [1] fair
Up and [5] down [1] both coast-[4]-lines, I’ve [1] traveled every-[5]-where
From [4] Portland East to [1] Portland West and all along the [5] line
I’m [1] going [5] now to [1] the place that’s [4] best, that [1] old home-[5]-town of [1] mine

Oh, eight more miles and Louisville will [4] come into my [1] view
Eight more miles on this old road and I’ll [2maj] never more be [5] blue
I [4] knew someday that [1] I’d come back, I knew it from the [5] start
[1] Eight more [5] miles to [1] Louis-[4]-ville, the [1] hometown [5] of my [1] heart

Now you might have a gal somewhere that you like best of all
Mine comes down from Louisville, she’s little and she’s small
She’s the kind you just can’t find a-ramblin’ through the land
I’m on my way this very day to win her heart and hand

I can picture in my mind a place we’ll call our home
A humble little plot for two, we’ll never have to roam
A place that’s fine for that love sign is in them bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville