Old Home place

BGsongs

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It's been ten long years since I left my home 
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In the holler where I was born 
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Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise 
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And the fox hunter blows his horn 
 
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I fell in love with a girl from the town 
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I thought that she would be true 
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I ran away to Charlottesville 
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And worked in a sawmill or two 
 
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     CHORUS:  What have they done to the old home place? 
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     Why did they tear it down? 
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     And why did I leave my plow in the field? 
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     And look for a job in the town? 
 
 
     repeat INTRO 
 
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Well, the girl ran off with somebody else 
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The tariffs took all my pay 
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And here I stand where the old home stood 
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Before they took it away 
 
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Now the geese fly south and the cold wind blows 
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As I stand here and hang my head 
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I've lost my love, I've lost my home 
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And now I wish that I was dead 
 
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     repeat INTRO 
 
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