Joe's Been a-Gittin' There-Johnny Horton

[ti:Joe's Been A-Gittin' There] [ar:Johnny Horton] [al:Your Christmas with Johnny Horton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Joe's Been a-Gittin' There - Johnny Horton [00:10.27]There was a Yankee Colonel [00:12.48]In 1862 [00:14.05] [00:15.00]Who fell in Love with a Southern Belle [00:17.69]Where the Sweet Magnolia Bloom [00:19.55] [00:20.07]He wondered why folks laughed at him [00:22.63]When He went riding by [00:25.14]But little did he know that she was [00:27.74]A-courting on the side [00:29.17] [00:30.34]Joe's Been A-gettin' there [00:31.32]Joe's been a-flyin [00:32.81]Joe's been a gettin there [00:33.87]All this time [00:35.23]Joe's been a-gettin' there [00:36.47]Joe's been a-flyin [00:37.74]Joe's been a-gettin' there [00:39.09]Beatin' his time [00:39.81] [00:45.07]He walked her up the mountain [00:47.57]He named it to her there [00:49.85]He offered her a band of gold [00:52.40]And his name to share [00:54.76]She said that she would marry him [00:57.38]And even set the day [00:59.78]But little did he know that [01:01.91]She loved a soldier boy in grey [01:04.25] [01:05.26]Joe's Been A-gettin' there [01:06.33]Joe's been a-flyin [01:07.59]Joe's been a gettin there [01:08.89]All this time [01:09.93]Joe's been a-gettin' there [01:11.23]Joe's been a-flyin [01:12.40]Joe's been a-gettin' there [01:13.71]Beatin' his time [01:14.71] [01:19.96]She took the love he offered [01:21.84] [01:22.35]She took his silver too [01:24.70]She took every little thing from [01:27.36]Colonel dressed in blue [01:29.09] [01:29.69]She wouldn't let him hold her [01:32.06]In a fond embrace and [01:34.87]When he tried to kiss his bride [01:37.25]She laughed right in his face [01:38.81] [01:39.63]Joe's Been A-gettin' there [01:40.96]Joe's been a-flyin [01:42.27]Joe's been a gettin there [01:43.46]All this time [01:44.74]Joe's been a-gettin' there [01:46.02]Joe's been a-flyin [01:47.12]Joe's been a-gettin' there [01:48.47]Beatin' his time [01:49.33] [01:54.75]He woke up one morning [01:56.43] [01:57.05]And found himself alone [01:58.82] [01:59.41]And all she left was a letter [02:01.23]That said: [02:01.73]"Good-bye farewell I'm gone" [02:03.76] [02:04.67]No doubt he was a mighty man [02:06.79]Where the heroes fell [02:09.33]But all is fair in love and war [02:11.77]And he lost his southern belle [02:13.79] [02:14.63]Joe's Been A-gettin' there [02:15.54]Joe's been a-flyin [02:16.96]Joe's been a gettin there [02:18.02]All this time [02:19.47]Joe's been a-gettin' there [02:20.57]Joe's been a-flyin [02:21.76]Joe's been a-gettin' there [02:23.01]Beatin' his time [02:24.22]Joe's been a-gettin' there [02:25.44]Joe's been a-flyin [02:26.69]Joe's been a-gettin' there [02:27.92]Beatin' his time [02:29.14]Joe's been a-gettin' there [02:30.43]Joe's been a-flyin [02:31.68]Joe's been a-gettin' there [02:32.93]Beatin' his time [02:33.58] [02:34.10]Joe's been a-gettin' there