Way down in Columbus, Georgia, want to be back in Tennessee.
Way down in Columbus Stockade, gal I love turned her back on me

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You can go and leave me if you want to, never let it cross your mind,
For in your heart you love another, leave me darling I don't mind.

Last night as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms,
When I woke, I was mistaken, I was peeping through the bars.

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Don't that road look rough and rocky, don't that sea look wide and deep
Don't my baby look much sweeter when she's in my arms asleep

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