Left My Gal In The Mountains Lyrics

Left My Gal In The Mountains lyrics

(yodelahee...)  
 
Left my gal in the mountains 
Left her standing in the rain 
Went down to the railroad 
Caught myself a midnight train 
 
Lead my way to Georgia 
Landed in a gambling town 
Got myself into trouble 
And shot a county sheriff down  
 
The jury read the verdict 
Murder in the first degree 
The judge said: take this prisoner 
To the penitentiary 
 
They put the handcuffs on me 
Put me on a prison train 
Took me to A`lanta 
And tied me with the ball and chain  
 
(yodelahee...) 
 
Left my gal in the mountains 
Left her waitin` all alone 
Last night I dreamed I got a letter 
Saying: honey, won`t you come home? 
 
She said, she was sad and lonely 
Told me that her love was true 
Then I dreamed I wrote a letter 
Sayin`: honey, I`m coming back to you 
 
Then I woke up this morning 
Lyin` in Atlanta jail 
No one here to love me 
No one to go my bail 
 
That prison was all around me 
I got walkin` by the door 
My sweetheart is sad and lonely 
Cause I`ll never see my gal no more