There's an old guitar that's lonely for its master's gone away
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Now he's singing to the angels way up in heaven today
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He left a blue song for the brakemen and to the kids a lullaby
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To all sweethearts he left a love song when Jimmie Rodgers said goodbye
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He left a yodel for the cowboy they'll sing it now with tear dimmed eyes
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And he left every prairie lonely when Jimmie Rodgers said goodbye
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[ fiddle - steel ]
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They'll miss him down in Alabama across the world you can hear them sigh
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Mississippi lost their blue yodeler when Jimmie Rodgers said goodbye
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Although the freigh trains keep on running he caught a fast one on the fly
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But he left his guitar behind him when Jimmie Rodgers said goodbye
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When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye
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Hank Snow |