The girl I left in sunny Tennessee
On a morning bright and clear to my old home that I drew near Just a village down in sunny Tennessee I'd been speeding on the train that would bring me back again again To that girl I left in sunny Tennessee I could hear those voices singing as she bid farewell to me Far across the fields of cotton my old hopes that I could see As the moon rose in its glory then I told my saddest story Of that girl I left in sunny Tennessee Now the train drew up at last old familar scene's had passed And I kissed my mother at the station door Then kind friends that gathered round tears on every face I found There I missed the one that I'd been waiting for * Refrain I just whispered mother dear where is Mary she's not here all the world seemed dark and sadness came to me She just pointed to the spot in that little church yard lot Where my sweetheart sleeps in sunny Tennessee * Refrain