Tragic Romance Songtext

Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee Hills Mist peaceful pines midst the rocks and the rills There stands my old homestead of long, long ago It brings back fond mem'ries of the one I loved so I courted that maiden so sweet and so fair With heavenly eyes and with chestnut brown hair She told me she loved me and that she'll be mine But I went away leaving her far behind I'll tell you the reason that I left here there To roam this old world with its sorrow and care I saw her one night in the arms of a man just hugging and kissing as two lovers can I went to my home with a heart full of woe packed my belongings determined to go For many long years this old world I did roam With thoughts of my darling my sweetheart my home While dining one night in a little country town A stranger walked in and he chanced to sit down While talking of loved ones I happened to find That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine And when he heard my story to me he then said The one that you loved has a long time been dead She waited so long for the day that you'd return And just why you had left her she never did learn Oh I was the one who you saw that fatal night All wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart Now stranger from her ever more you must part