| C | G | C |
[Verse 1]
F C
On a bright and sunny day, when a young wife went away
G
From a husband who had filled her heart with pain
C F C
On the table laid a note, these simple words she wrote
G C
Goodbye I hope we'll never meet again
[Verse 2]
F C
To her mother she returned, for that old home she had yearned
G
For all the love for him she had, had fled
C F C
But he sought her out at last, with repentance for the past
G C
But her mother met him in the door and said
[Chorus]
F C
She was happy till she met you, the fault is all your own
G
Id she wishes to forget you, please leave her alone
C F
She has come to her old mother, because there is no other
C G C
She'll be happy in her home sweet home
[Break]
| C | C | G | C |
(yodel)
[Verse 3]
F C
I have come to say goodbye, said the husband with a sigh
G
Just let me take her to my heart again
C F
Says the mother 't is too late, all her love has turned to hate
C G C
So go your way your pleading's are in vain
[Verse 4]
F C
She's my wife the husband cried, you can't take her from my side
G
The law forbids you part us we are wed
C F
But the mother answered nay, she sadly turned away
C G C
And once again to him she calmly said
[Chorus]
F C
She was happy till she met you, the fault is all your own
G
Id she wishes to forget you, please leave her alone
C F
She has come to her old mother, because there is no other
C G C
She'll be happy in her home sweet home
[Outro]
| C | C | G | C |
(yodel)
