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Once I had a sweetheart
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She meant the world to me
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I met her on the road one night when we were in Tennessee
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I met her in a barroom after we'd done a show
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We sat and talked about the Louvins 'til the 'tender called time to go
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She wrote her address on a napkin
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I wrote mine on my CD
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She said, "It was sure nice talking to you"
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I said, "You'll be hearing from me"
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I wrote her a letter the next day
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She wrote one in return
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The letters we wrote each other could have made the mailbox burn
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Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
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I wrote her a long letter and told her that I loved her so
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And if she'd come to New York to the altar we would go
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I sent it with a dozen roses and I waited for her reply
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Til the day the letter came my way that made me want to die
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It said, "I know that you love New York
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So wild and fancy free
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And I love you, dear,
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But I also love my home in Tennessee
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Now I know that you'd be no more happy here than in the city I would
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be
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So though I love you dear
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I'm gonna stay right here
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Home in Tennessee"
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Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
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And now I know I will never wed
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But a bachelor I'll always be
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'Cause my heart belongs to a pretty girl down in Tennessee
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Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo
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The Boy From New York City, The Girl From Tennesse
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| 5 Chinese Brothers |
