Farewell my Lilly dear

Lilly dear, it grieves me

The tale I have to tell;

Old massa sends me roaming,

So Lilly, fare you well!

Oh! fare you well my true love,

Farewell old Tennessee,

Then let me weep for you love,

But do not weep for me.

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Farewell forever to Old Tennessee;

Farewell my Lilly dear,

Don't weep for me.

I's guine to roam the wide world

In lands I've never hoed,

With nothing but my banjo

To cheer me on the road;

For when I'm sad and weary

I'll make the banjo play,

To mind me of my true love

When I am far away.

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I wake up in the morning,

And walk out on the farm;

Oh! Lilly am a darling

She take me by the arm,

We wander through the clover

Down by the river side,

I tell her that I love her

And she must be my bride.

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Oh! Lilly dear, 'tis mournful

To leave you here alone,

You'll smile before I leave you,

And weep when I am gone.

The sun can never shine, love,

So bright for you and me,

As when I worked beside you

In good old Tennessee.

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