The little girl that played upon my knee (video)

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1. Many years have passed away and gone,

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since I left my old native home,

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since I left the scenes of my childhood there,

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where the dark days seem to roam.

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2. I left my aged father there,

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and my mother so dear unto me.

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I left a brother and a sister fair,

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and a little girl that played upon my knee.

+ instrumental = verse 2

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3. Don't Ginny remember, will she e’er forget,

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those many hours of pleasure to me ?

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Does she sigh when she thinks of those many happy hours,

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when, a little girl, she played upon my knee ?

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4. I am homeward bound with the thrills of joy,

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of my wandering so far o'er the sea.

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I shall soon see my home, my old native home,

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and the little girl that played upon my knee.

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5. I am tired of life, I cannot live,

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in this dark world so weary unto me.

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Come, bury me low by the one I love so well,

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by the little girl that played upon my knee.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Carter Family)