The Tragic Romance

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[Verse 1]
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Nestled in the heart of the 
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Tennessee hills
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Midst peaceful pines, midst the 
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rocks and the rills
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There stands my old homestead of 
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long, long ago
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And it brings back fond memories of
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 the girl that I loved so

[Verse 2]
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I courted a maiden so sweet and so 
fair
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With heavenly eyes and the 
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chestnut brown hair
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She told me she loved me and said 
that she'd be mine
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But I went away leaving her there 
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behind

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[Verse 3]
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I'll tell you the reason that I left
 her there
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To roam this old world with its 
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sorrows and cares
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I saw her one night in the arms of a
 man
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Hugging and kissing as true lovers 
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can

[Verse 4]
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Then I went to my home with a heart 
full of woe
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I packed by belongings, 
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de-termined to go
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For many long years, this old world 
I did roam
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With thoughts of my darling, my 
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sweetheart, my own

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[Verse 5]
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While dining one day in a little 
country town
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A stranger walked in and he 
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chanced to set down
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While talking of loved ones I 
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happened to find
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That his sister was that old 
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sweetheart of mine

[Verse 6]
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When he heard my story to me he then
 said
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The one you left there has a long 
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time been dead
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She waited so long for the day that 
you'd return
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But why you had left her she never
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 did learn

[Verse 7]
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Now I was the man that you saw that 
fatal night
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Wrapped in the arms of my sister 
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so tight
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She loved you so dearly but you 
broke her heart
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For stranger, from her ever more 
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you must part