D               D7      G       D
    Many years have passed away and gone,
                                A
    since I left my old native home,
             D        D7           G          D
    since I left the scenes of my childhood there,
               A         A7      D
    where the dark days seem to roam.

       D      D7    G       D
    I left my aged father there,
                               A
    and my mother so dear unto me,
       D       D7     G            D
    I left a brother and a sister fair,
           A                A7              D
    and a little girl that played upon my knee.

           D       D7      G                D
    Don't Ginny remember, will she e'er forget
                                    A
    those many hours of pleasure to me.
             D               D7             G          D
    Does she sigh when she thinks of those many happy hours,
           A                A7              D
    when a little girl she played upon my knee ?

( D G D A D )

          D        D7              G         D
    I am homeward bound with the thrills of joy
                                    A
    of my wandering so far o'er the sea.
             D           D7      G           D
    I shall soon see my home, my old native home
             A                A7              D
    and the little girl that played upon my knee.

( D G D A D )

          D        D7      G      D
    I am tired of life, I cannot live,
                                     A
    in this dark world so weary unto me.
          D       D7         G             D
    Come bury me low by the one I love so well,
            A                A7             D
    by the little girl that played upon my knee.