Old home place
It's been ten long years since I left my home
In the hollow where I was born
Where the cool fall nights makes the wood smoke rise (glow bright?)
And the fox hunter blows his horn
I feel in love with a girl from the town
I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Charlottesville
And worked in a sawmill or two.
What have you done to the old home place
Why did they tear it down
And why did I leave the plow in the fields
And look for the job in the town
Well the girl ran off with somebody else
The taverns(*) took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood
Before they took it away
Now the geese fly south and the cold wind blows
As I stand here and hang my head
I've lost my love I've lost my home
And now I wish that I was dead
* Refrain
Lyrics corrected by Gary Shepherd. Thanks Gary.
*There is some debate on the
word "tariffs" in the second to last verse. I have always heard it as
such but according to an email I got from Mitch Jayne. . .
"The Old Home Place, was written by Mitch Jayne with music by Dean Webb,
and originally performed by the Dillards. Correction on word 'tariffs'. The word
is 'taverns.' " Straight From the horses mouth!