Little girl that played upon my knee
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1. Many years have passed away and gone,
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since
I left my old native home,
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since
I left the scenes of my childhood there,
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where
the dark days seem to roam.
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2. I left my aged father there,
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and
my mother so dear unto me,
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I left a brother and a sister
fair,
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and a
little girl that played upon my knee.
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3. Don't Ginny remember, will she e’er forget
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those
many hours of pleasure to me.
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Does she sigh when she thinks
of those many happy hours,
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when
a little girl she played upon my knee ?
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4. I am homeward bound with the thrills of joy
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of my
wandering so far o'er the sea.
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I shall soon see my home, my
old native home
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and
the little girl that played upon my knee.
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5. I am tired of life, I cannot live,
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in
this dark world so weary unto me.
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D
Come bury me low by the one I
love so well,
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by
the little girl that played upon my knee.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Carter
Family)