If I was on some foggy mountain top
I’d sail away to the West
I’d sail all around this whole wide world
To the girl I love the best
If I had a-listened to what Mama said
I would not be here today
Lying around this old jail house
A-weeping my sweet life away
Whenever you see that girl of mine
There’s something you can tell her
She need not to fool no time away
Just to court some other feller
She caused me to weep, she caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
To them lonesome pines and them good old times
I’m on my way back home
Whenever you go a-courtin’ boys
I’ll you how to do
Pull off that long tail roustabout
Put on your navy blue
[1] If I was on some [4] foggy mountain [1] top
I’d sail away to the [5] West
I’d [1] sail all around this [4] whole wide [1] world
To the girl I [5] love the [1] best
If I had a-listened to what Mama said
I would not be here today
Lying around this old jail house
A-weeping my sweet life away
Whenever you see that girl of mine
There’s something you can tell her
She need not to fool no time away
Just to court some other feller
She caused me to weep, she caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
To them lonesome pines and them good old times
I’m on my way back home
Whenever you go a-courtin’ boys
I’ll you how to do
Pull off that long tail roustabout
Put on your navy blue
| Songwriter(s): |
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A.P. Carter |
| Band/Artist: |
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Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Ricky Skaggs |
