G
C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G
D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G
C
When you know that we always were happy
G
D7
G
All alone in our old mountain home
C
It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains
G
D7
Down in the hills of Tennessee
G
C
As she waited alone in the moonlight
G
D7
G
It was there that she waited for me
G
C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G
D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G
C
When you know that we always were happy
G
D7
G
All alone in our old mountain home
C
Oh why did you leave me little darling
G
D7
Why did you leave me alone
G
C
For you knew I’d be lonely without you
G
D7
G
All alone in our old mountain home
G
C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G
D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G
C
When you know that we always were happy
G
D7
G
All alone in our old mountain home
C
Now I hope you will always be happy
G
D7
No matter where you may roam
G
C
And I hope to be with you up in heaven
G
D7
G
As we were in our old mountain home
G
C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G
D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G
C
When you know that we always were happy
G
D7
G
All alone in our old mountain home
G
C
D7
