it s been ten long years since i left my home in the hollow where i was born where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise and the fox hunter blows his horn 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 what have they 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 well my girl she ran off with somebody else the taverns took all my pay and here i stand where the old home stood before they hauled it away now the geese they fly south and the cold wind blows 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 x2