Tragic Romance Lyrics - The Browns

Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee Hills 

Mist peaceful pines midst the rocks and the rills 

There stands my old homestead of long long ago 

It brings back fond mem'ries of the one I loved so 

I courted that maiden so sweet and so fair 

With heavenly eyes and with chestnut brown hair 

She told me she loved me and that she'll be mine 

But I went away leaving her far behind 

I'll tell you the reason that I left here there 

To roam this old world with its sorrow and care 

I saw her one night in the arms of a man just hugging and kissing as two lovers can 

I went to my home with a heart full of woe packed my belongings determined to go 

For many long years this old world I did roam 

With thoughts of my darling my sweetheart my home 

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While dining one night in a little country town 

A stranger walked in and he chanced to sit down 

While talking of loved ones I happened to find 

That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine 

And when he heard my story to me he then said 

The one that you loved has a long time been dead 

She waited so long for the day that you'd return 

And just why you had left her she never did learn 

Oh I was the one who you saw that fatal night 

All wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight 

She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart 

Now stranger from her ever more you must part