A distant land to roam
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1. I remember very we…ll, on one dark and
dreary day,
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just as I
was leaving ho…me, for a distant land to roam.
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Mother said (mother said), “My dear boy (my dear boy),
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I hope to see you next year again.
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Fare you well (fare you well), fare you well (fare you well) !”
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So I left my dear old ho…me for a distant land to roam.
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2. Now I wandered far aw…ay, from my home I've gone astray.
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now I'm coming, coming ho…me,
never more from thee to roam.
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3. And these words she said to m…e, as she took me by the hand,
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if on earth we meet no mo…re,
may we meet at God's right hand.
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(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Carter
Family)