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I Was Young When I Left Home
Mason Jar Music
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I was young when I left home
And I've been out ramblin' 'round
And I never wrote a letter to my home
To my home, Lord, to my home
And I never wrote a letter to my home
It was just the other day
I was bringin' home my pay
When I met an old friend I used to know
Said, "Your mother's dead and gone
Little sister's all gone wrong
And your daddy needs you home right away"
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny on my name
I can't go home this a-way
This a-way, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
And I can't go home this a-way
If you miss the train I'm on
Count the days I'm gone
You'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles
A hundred miles, honey baby, Lord, Lord, Lord
You'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles
I'm playin' on a track
Ma would come and whoop me back
On 'em trestles down by old Jim McKay's
When I pay the debt I owe to the commissary store
I will pawn my watch and chain and go home
Used to tell my Ma sometimes
When I see them ridin' blind
Gonna make me a home out in the wind
In the wind, Lord, Lord in the wind
Gonna make me a home out in the wind
But I don't-
But I don't like it in the wind
I wanna come back home again
But I can't go home this a-way
This a-way, Lord, Lord, Lord, Lord
No I can't go home this a-way
I was young when I left home
And I've been out ramblin' 'round
And I never wrote a letter to my home
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