5 CHINESE BROTHERS - The Boy From New York City Girl From Tennessee lyrics

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(tom meltzer)<br><br>Once I had a sweetheart<br>She meant the world to me<br>I met her on the road one night when we were in tennessee<br><br>I met her in a barroom after we'd done a show<br>We sat and talked about the louvins 'til the 'tender called time to go<br><br>She wrote her address on a napkin<br>I wrote mine on my cd<br>She said, it was sure nice talking to you<br>I said, you'll be hearing from me<br><br>I wrote her a letter the next day<br>She wrote one in return<br>The letters we wrote each other could have made the mailbox burn<br><br>Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo<br><br>I wrote her a long letter and told her that I loved her so<br>And if she'd come to new york to the altar we would go<br><br>I sent it with a dozen roses and I waited for her reply<br>Til the day the letter came my way that made me want to die<br><br>It said, I know that you love new york<br>So wild and fancy free<br>And I love you, dear,<br>But I also love my home in tennessee<br><br>Now I know that you'd be no more happy here than in the city I would be<br>So though I love you dear<br>I'm gonna stay right here<br>Home in tennessee<br><br>Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo<br><br>And now I know I will never wed<br>But a bachelor I'll always be<br>'cause my heart belongs to a pretty girl down in tennessee<br><br>Yo-de-lay-he-he-hoo