[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:07.38]Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee Hills [00:11.84]Mist peaceful pines midst the rocks and the rills [00:17.66]There stands my old homestead of long long ago [00:22.46]It brings back fond mem'ries of the one I loved so [00:28.40]I courted that maiden so sweet and so fair [00:33.15]With heavenly eyes and with chestnut brown hair [00:38.96]She told me she loved me and that she'll be mine [00:43.75]But I went away leaving her far behind [00:49.55]I'll tell you the reason that I left here there [00:54.32]To roam this old world with it's sorrow and care [01:00.14]I saw her one night in the arms of a man just hugging [01:05.89]And kissing as two lovers can [01:10.96]I went to my home with a heart [01:14.15]Full of woe packed my belongings determined to go [01:21.48]For many long years this old world I did roam [01:26.35]With thoughts of my darling my sweetheart my home [01:38.01]While dining one day in a little country town [01:42.85]A stranger walked in and he chanced to sit down [01:48.53]While talking of loved ones I happened to find [01:53.62]That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine [01:59.24]And when he heard my story to me he then said [02:03.87]The one that you loved has a long time been dead [02:09.60]She waited so long for the day that you'd return [02:14.39]And just why you left her she never did learn [02:20.37]Now I'm the man that you saw that fatal night [02:25.56]Wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight [02:30.70]She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart [02:35.66]Now stranger from her ever more you must part