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Artist: Earl Scruggs
Canonical path: /earl-scruggs/cabin-on-the-hill
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Cabin On The Hill
Read Cabin On The Hill lyrics by Earl Scruggs on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Cabin On The Hill
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There's a happy childhood home
(There's a happy childhood home)
In my memory I can see
(In my memory I can see)
Standing out upon the hill
(Standing out upon the hill)
Neath the shadow of the tree
('Neath the shadow of the tree)
If I only had my way
(If I only had my way)
It would give my heart a thrill
(It would give my heart a thrill)
Just to simply wander back
(Just to simply wander back)
To the cabin on the hill
(To the cabin on the hill)
Oh, I want to wander back
(Oh, I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill
(To the cabin on the hill)
Neath the shadow of the tree
(Neath the shadow of the tree)
I would like to linger still
(I would like to linger still)
Just to be with those I love
(Just to be with those I love)
Joy my heart would over fill
(Joy my heart would over fill)
And I want to wander back
(And I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill
(To the cabin on the hill)
But the saddest of it all
(But the saddest of it all)
I can never more return
(I can never more return)
To that happy childhood home
(To that happy childhood home)
Matters not how much I yearn
(Matters not how much I yearn)
If I only had my way
(If I only had my way)
It would give my heart a thrill
(It would give my heart a thrill)
Just to simply wander back
(Just to simply wander back)
To the cabin on the hill
(To the cabin on the hill)
Oh, I want to wander back
(Oh, I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill
(To the cabin on the hill)
'Neath the shadow of the tree
('Neath the shadow of the tree)
I would like to linger still
(I would like to linger still)
Just to be with those I love
(Just to be with those I love)
Joy my heart would over fill
(Joy my heart would over fill)
And I want to wander back
(And I want to wander back)
To the cabin on the hill
To the cabin on the hill
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