13. Old Smoky- Sutherland (KY) 1925
13 - OLD SMOKY
Communicated by Miss Catharine E. Sutherland, Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky, December 20, 1925.
[music]
abab
1. Out on old Smoky, Old Smoky so Low,
I lost my true lover by courting too slow.
2. Courtin' it is pleasure, but parting it is grief,
A false heart and lover is worse than a thief.
3. A thief he will rob you and take all you save,
A false heart and lover will dig you your grave.
4. The grave wilt decay you and turn you to dust,
There's not a boy in ten thousand; poor girl can trust.
5. "Rrt up your horses and feed them some hay,
Come sit down beside me as long as you stay."
6. "My horses they aren't hungry, they won't eat your hay,
I'll drive on to Georgia and feed oo ,y way.
7. "I'm going to Georgia, to Georgia to roam,
I'm going to Georgia to make it my home."
8. "When I get to Georgla, I'll write you my mind,
My mind is to marry and I leave you behind."
9. "It's raining, it's hailing, the moon gives no light,
My horses they can't travel this dark stormy night."
10. "Your parents they don't like me, they say I'm too poor,
They say I'm not worthy to enter your door.
11. "They say I drink whiskey, my money is my own,
If the old folks don't like it, they can leave me alone."
Bury me on Old ,Smoky, Old Smoky so high
Where tho wild birds in heaven can hear my sad song.
See NC III 287.