Joe's been A-Gittin' There-Johnny Horton

[ti:Joe's been A-Gittin' There] [ar:Johnny Horton] [al:Bound To Be a Winner] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.42]Joe's been A-Gittin' There - Johnny Horton [00:01.49]Written by：Grady Martin/Marijohn Wilkin [00:02.66] [00:10.00]There was a Yankee Cornel in 1862 [00:13.90] [00:14.94]Who fell in love with a southern belle where the sweet magnolias bloom [00:19.29] [00:19.89]He wondered why folks laughed at him when he went ridin' by [00:24.34] [00:25.09]But little did he know that she was a courtin' on the sly [00:29.28] [00:30.10]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [00:32.46]Joe's been a gettin' there all this time [00:35.12]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [00:37.63]Joe's been a gettin' there beatin' his time [00:39.72] [00:44.95]He walked her up the mountain he named it to her there [00:49.31] [00:50.03]He offered her a band of gold and his name to share [00:54.27] [00:54.78]She said that she would marry him and even set the day [00:59.22] [00:59.96]But little here he know that she loved a soldier boy in grey [01:04.27] [01:05.23]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [01:07.56]Joe's been a gettin' there all this time [01:09.92]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [01:12.49]Joe's been a gettin' there beatin' his time [01:14.50] [01:19.97]She took the love he offered she took his silver too [01:24.15] [01:24.87]She took every little thing from cornel dressed in blue [01:29.06] [01:29.67]She wouldn't let him hold her in a fond embrace [01:34.07] [01:34.69]And when he tried to kiss his bride she laughed right in his face [01:39.03] [01:39.82]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [01:42.40]Joe's been a gettin' there all this time [01:44.81]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [01:47.21]Joe's been a gettin' there beatin' his time [01:49.40] [01:54.84]He woke up one morning and found himself alone [01:58.98] [01:59.60]And all she left was a letter that said goodbye farewell I'm gone [02:03.71] [02:04.61]No doubt he was a mighty man where the heroes fell [02:08.75] [02:09.40]But all is fare in love and war and he lost his southern belle [02:13.70] [02:14.54]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [02:16.58] [02:17.09]Joe's been a gettin' there all this time [02:19.52]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [02:21.95]Joe's been a gettin' there beatin' his time [02:24.54]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin' [02:26.96]Joe's been a gettin' there all this time [02:29.43]Joe's been a gettin' there Joe's been a flyin'