Left My Gal In the Mountains

Left My Gal In The Mountains - Elton Britt

Left my gal in the mountains

Left her standing in the rain

Went down to the railroad

Caught myself a midnight train

Lead my way to Georgia

Landed in a gambling town

Got myself into trouble

And shot a county sheriff down

The jury read the verdict

Murder in the first degree

The judge said: take this prisoner

To the penitentiary

They put the handcuffs on me

Put me on a prison train

Took me to Atlanta

And tied me with the ball and chain

Left my gal in the mountains

Left her waitin' all alone

Last night I dreamed I got a letter

Saying: honey won't you come home

She said she was sad and lonely

Told me that her love was true

Then I dreamed I wrote a letter

Sayin': honey I'm coming home to you

Then I woke up this morning

Lyin' in Atlanta jail

No one here to love me

No one to go my bail

That prison was all around me

I got walkin' by the door

My heart is sad and lonely

Cause I'll never see my gal no more no more

I'll never see my gal no more no more

I'll never see my gal no more