feeling sad and lonesome i ll tell you the reason why just last monday morning my dony said goodbye oh my love oh my love oh my love tell her to come back home when we were married bought her everything she d need got so awful greedy wanted everything she d see oh my love oh my love oh my love tell her to come back home coffee grows on white oak trees the river flows with brandy the hillside s lined with ginger cakes my dony s sweet as candy oh my love oh my love oh my love tell her to come back home i will ride the old grey horse you may ride the roan if you see my dony tell her i m sitting at home oh my love oh my love oh my love tell her to come back home