Left the cotton and tobacco the red clay and the pines
It's a long way to where I'm going from Charlotte North Caroline

I wanna see Charlotte Charlotte that hometown of mine
Charlotte Charlotte Charlotte North Caroline

Got on the boat in Frisco headin' for the war
The boys on board are bettin' we won't see home no more

I wanna see Charlotte...
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Soon I'll be fightin' with the men I must destroy
Lord please have mercy on this poor Caroline boy

I wanna see Charlotte...

Now if my days are numbered I'll ask before they're gone
Oh Lord don't let me die so far away from home

I wanna see Charlotte...