Shiloh - Left My Gal in the Mountains Lyrics

Left My Gal in the Mountains
(traditional)

I left my gal in the mountains
Left her standing in the rain
Went down to the railroad
Caught myself a midnight train
I beat my way into Georgia
Landed in a gambling town
Got myself into trouble
Shot a county sheriff down

The jury read the verdict
Murder in the first degree
The judge said take this prisoner
To the penitentiary
They put the handcuffs on me
Put me on a Pullman train
Took me to Atlanta
And tied me to a ball and chain

I left my gal in the mountains
Left her standing all alone
Last night I dreamed I got a letter
Saying, "Baby, won't you please come home"

When I woke up this morning
Laying in Atlanta jail
No one here to love me
No one to go my bail

Them prison bars all around me
A guard standing by the door
My heart is sad and lonely
'Cause I'll never see my gal no more

 

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