Old Home Place Lyrics

It's been 10 long years since I left my home In the hollow where I was born Where the cool fall nights Makes the home fires bright And the fox hunter blows his horn. I fell in love with a girl from our town She promised that she would be true I went away to Charlottesville To work in a sawmill or two. Cho: What have they done to the old home place Why did they tear it down Why did I leave my plow in the field And look for a job in town. Well 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 moans As I stand here and hang my head I've lost my love, I've lost my home And now I wish I was dead.