Tragic Romance-Grandpa Jones/Louis M. Jones

[ti:Tragic Romance] [ar:Grandpa Jones] [al:An American Original] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tragic Romance (Rerecorded) - Grandpa Jones/Louis M. Jones [00:03.72]Written by：G. Jones [00:07.44]Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee Hills [00:10.79] [00:12.13]Mist peaceful pines midst the rocks and the rills [00:15.53] [00:17.28]There stands my old homestead of long long ago [00:21.10] [00:22.16]It brings back fond mem'ries of the one I loved so [00:25.97] [00:27.95]I courted that maiden so sweet and so fair [00:31.74] [00:32.70]With heavenly eyes and with chestnut brown hair [00:36.33] [00:38.36]She told me she loved me and that she'll be mine [00:41.91] [00:43.04]But I went away leaving her far behind [00:46.54] [00:48.74]I'll tell you the reason that I left here there [00:52.70] [00:53.44]To roam this old world with it's sorrow and care [00:57.19] [00:58.86]I saw her one night in the arms of a man [01:02.83] [01:03.94]Hugging and kissing as two lovers can [01:07.53] [01:09.58]I went to my home with a heart full of woe [01:13.26] [01:14.23]I packed my belongings determined to go [01:17.82] [01:19.79]For many long years this old world I did roam [01:23.77] [01:24.67]With thoughts of my sweetheart my darling my home [01:28.53] [01:30.17]While dining one night in a little country town [01:34.19] [01:35.03]A stranger walked in and he chanced to sit down [01:38.77] [01:40.51]While talking of loved ones I happened to find [01:44.44] [01:45.46]That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine [01:49.06] [02:12.17]And when he heard my story to me he then said [02:15.73] [02:16.68]The one that you loved has a long time been dead [02:20.40] [02:21.35]She waited so long for the day that you'd return [02:24.95] [02:25.98]And just why you had left her she never did learn [02:29.71] [02:31.84]Oh I was the one who you saw that fatal night [02:35.51] [02:36.74]All wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight [02:40.09] [02:41.93]She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart [02:45.97] [02:46.91]Now stranger from her ever more you must part