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Artist: The Carter Family
Canonical path: /the-carter-family/a-distant-land-to-roam
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A Distant Land To Roam
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A Distant Land To Roam
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I remember very well on one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home for a distant land to roam
Mother said (mother said) my dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope to see you next year again
Fare you well
(fare you well)
fare you well
(fare you well)
So I left my dear old home for a distant land to roam
Now I wandered far away from my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming coming home never more from thee to roam
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And these words she said to me as she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more may we meet at God's right hand
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