Capo 3rd Fret
Intro:
...well I left New York
in nineteen forty-nine
to go across the country
without a dad-blamed dime
Mon - tana in the cold cold fall
I found my father in a gam - bling hall
father father
where have you been
I ve been out in the world
since I was only ten
don t worry about me
if I should die of pleurisy
cross the Mississippi
cross the Tennessee
cross the Niagara
home I ll never be
home in old Medora
home in ol Truckee
Apalachicola
home I ll never be
for better or for worse
or thick and thin
like bein married to the little poor man
god loves me
just like I love him
I want you to do
just the same for him
all the worms eat away
but don t worry
watch the wind
all the worms eat away
but don t worry
watch the wind
all the worms eat away
but don t worry
watch the wind
so I left Montana
on an old freight train
the night my father died
in the cold cold rain
home in old Medora
home in ol Truckee
Apalachicola
home I ll never be, home i ll never be, home I ll never be