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High in a tree on top of the hill
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By the light of the lonesome ol' moon
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I hear the call of a lone whipporwill
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Singing his mournful tune
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Way off in the night blows the long freight train
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With a roar and a rUmble of wheels
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My poor heart is breaking with every refrain
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'cause it sounds just the way I feel
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And it's a high lonesome
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High lonesome heartbroken and blue
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It's a high lonesome
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Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you
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Do you ever get weary roamin' around
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Do you think of the sweet love we knew
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Do you ever get lonesome the way I am now
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Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you
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And it's high lonesome
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High lonesome heartbroken and blue
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It's a high lonesome
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Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you
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It's a high lonesome
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Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you