Lonesome homesick blues
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1. I've got the lonesome homesick blues,
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I've got them bad, babe, down
in my shoes.
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I left someone there that I
might lose,
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that's
why I've got these old homesick blues.
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2. It makes me homesick to hear your name,
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and
hold you, dear, in my arms again.
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I'm a gonna
ride that old lonesome train
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to
the one I left back in Maces Spring.
+ instrumental = verse 2
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3. You told me once, dear, you loved me so,
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and
it's on my mind, dear, everywhere I go.
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I'll soon be
knowing if it is so,
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or
has your love for me grown cold ?
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4. Oh, listen to that old lonesome train,
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it's
a gonna carry me back again,
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to
the one that told me their love was true,
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I'll spend the rest of my days
with you.
+ instrumental = verse 4
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5. I've been away, babe, a long, long time,
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now
I'm riding down this old railroad line,
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and
the one I love there I hope to find
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to
ease this lonesome blue heart of mine.
(orig. = capo 1st) (The Carter
Family)