Tucumcari Lyrics

Tucumcari

Tucumcari
Jimmie Rodgers Roulette R-4191
(Olofson-McIntyre) Mappa Mus.
Corp. ASCAP



Twelve more miles to Tucumcari
I've
been hurrying there
To the gal I'm gonna marry
With the yellowest
hair

{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home} (just gotta
get home)
Ten more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more
roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

Eight more miles
to Tucumcari
It's the fourth of July
Been three years in January
Since
I kissed her goodbye

{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home}
(just gotta get home)
Six more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more
roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

Four more miles to
Tucumcari
Not much further to go
Got no time to waste or tarry
She'll
be waitin' I know

{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home}
(just gotta get home)
Two more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more
roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

Here I am in
Tucumcari
Found my yellow-haired gal
Just in time to see her
marry
With my very best pal

{Left right march along
Guess I better
be gone} (I better be gone)
A thousand miles from Tucumcari
I'll be
rambling on
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I'll be rambling on)

A hundred
miles from Tucumcari
Down in Santa Fe
Fell in love with a girl named
Mary
Gee I'm happy today

{No more marching now
Found my honeycomb}
(found my honeycomb)
I've forgotten Tucumcari
No more reason to
roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari)
I've forgotten Tucumcari
No more reason to
roooaaaammmmm


Transcribed by Little John
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