George Collins-Roy Harvey/The North Carolina Ramblers

[ti:George Collins] [ar:Roy Harvey/The North Carolina Ramblers] [al:Roy Harvey Vol. 2 (1928-1929)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]George Collins - Roy Harvey/The North Carolina Ramblers [00:16.40]George Collins drove home one cold winters night [00:20.23]George Collins drove home so fine [00:22.93] [00:24.13]George Collins drove home one cold winters night [00:27.86]Was taken sick and died [00:30.91] [00:31.95]His little sweet Nell in yonder room [00:35.84]Was combing her silk so fine [00:38.73] [00:39.83]But when she heard that George was dead [00:43.69]She laid her silks aside [00:46.46] [01:02.54]Set down the coffin take of the lid [01:06.19]Throw back the linen so fine [01:08.94] [01:09.99]And let me kiss those cold clay lips [01:13.77]For I know they'll never kiss mine [01:16.06] [01:17.32]Oh daughter oh daughter why do you weep [01:21.31]There's more young men than one [01:24.24] [01:24.99]Oh mother oh mother George had my heart [01:28.85]His race on earth is run [01:31.64] [01:47.48]Look up and down that lonesome road [01:51.19]Hang down your head and cry [01:53.86] [01:55.04]The best of friends these part to heart [01:58.51]And why not you and I [02:01.55] [02:17.16]Long to see that lonesome dove [02:20.47]That sails from pine to pine [02:23.22] [02:24.25]It's mourning for it's own true love [02:28.07]Just like I mourn for mine