arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie
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I struck the trail in seventy-nine
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The herd strung out behind me
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As I jogged along my mind went back
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To the gal I left behind
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If I ever get off the trail, boys
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And the Indians don't find me
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I'll make my way straight back again
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To the gal I left behind me
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CHORUS:
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That sweet little gal, that true little gal
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The gal I left behind me
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That sweet little gal, that pretty little gal
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The gal I left behind me
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The wind did blow and the rain did flow
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The hail did fall and blind me
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And I thought of that gal, that sweet little gal
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That gal I'd left behind me
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She wrote ahead to a place I said
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And I was glad to find it
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She says "I'm true, when you get through
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Ride back and you will find me"
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CHORUS
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When we sold out I took the train
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I knew that I would find her
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When I got back, we had a smack
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And that's no gol-darned liar
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CHORUS
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The Gal I Left Behind
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| Arlo Guthrie |
