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I left my home in the year of â21
Blamed for the killinâ, a crime I had not done
Iâll live no more in Texas but the hills of Tennessee
Goodbye wife and children, never more to see
On the banks of the river a shepherdâs wages paid
Shelter food and clothing, honest work each day
At night I hear their voices sayinâ âwhere have you gone?
Pa weâre cold and hungry, donât let us be alone.â
But I cannot go back, Iâll not return
Thereâs a hangman waiting, a sheriffâs warrant served
And if I was a freeman in the state that I was born
Iâd go home to Texas never more to roam
In the seventh season the fates came to me
Sayinâ âyour love has remarried and you must let her be.
The children they are taken care though never you will see.â
Damn the man who cursed that land, never Iâll be free
But I cannot go back, Iâll not return
Thereâs a hangman waiting, a sheriffâs warrant served
And if I was a freeman in the state that I was born
Iâd go home to Texas never more to roam
Sunshine stirrinâ, youth but a memory
A letter came to my door though I could not read
Said âthe man who done the killinâ, he has now confessed.
Truth came from a death bed, your case is now dismissed.â
But I cannot go back, Iâll not return
Thereâs no one waiting, memories unearned
And if I was a young man in the state that I was born
Iâd go home to Texas never more to roam
Iâd go home to Texas never more to roam