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Artist: Donna Hughes
Canonical path: /donna-hughes/old-homeplace
Related lyric paths: 6
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Old Homeplace
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Old Homeplace
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It's been ten long years, since I left my home
In the holler where I was born
Where the cool fall nights, make wood smoke rise
And the fox hunter blows his horn
I fell in love with a girl from the town
I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Charlottesville
And worked in a sawmill or two
Now the girl ran off with somebody else
The tariffs took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood
Before they took it away
Now the geese fly south and the cold wind blows
As I stand here & hang my head
I've lost my home
I've lost my love & now I wish that I were dead
Chorus: What have they done, to the old homeplace
Why did they tear it down?
And why did I leave the plow in the field
And look for a job in the town?
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