—A.P. Carter
Chorus:
If I was on some foggy mountain top
I'd sail away to the West
I'd sail all around this whole wide world
To the girl I love the best
If I had listened to what mama said
I would not be here today
A lying around this old jailhouse
And weeping my sweet life away
Now if you see that girl of mine
There's something you can tell her
She need not fool her time away
To court some other feller
Oh she caused me to weep and she caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
Oh the lonesome pines and the good old times
I'm on my way back home
Whenever you go a courtin' boys
I'm tellin' you how to do
Pull off the long-tailed roustabout
And put on your navy blues.
Verse and Chorus:
| I | IV | I | V |
| I | IV | I-V | I |