Old Home Place

[Verse 1]
It's been ten long years since I left my home
In the holler where I was born
Where the cool full nights make the woodsmoke rise
And the fox hunter blows his horn

[Verse 2]
I fell in love with a girl from the town
I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Charlottesville
And worked in a sawmill or two

[Chorus]
What have you done to the old home place?
Why did they tear it down?
And why did I leave the plow in the field
And look for a job in the town?

[Verse 3]
Well, the girl ran off with somebody else
The tariffs took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood
Before they took it away

[Verse 4]
Now the geese fly south and the cold wind moans
As I stand here and hang my head
I've lost my love, I've lost my home
And now I wish that I was dead

[Chorus]
What have you done to the old home place?
Why did they tear it down?
And why did I leave the plow in the field
And look for a job in the town?

[Chorus]
What have you done to the old home place?
Why did they tear it down?
And why did I leave the plow in the field
And look for a job in the town?