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When I was home de / Sunshine seemed like gold.
When I was home de / Sunshine seemed like gold.
Since I come up North de / Whole damn world's turned cold.
I was a good boy, / Never done no wrong.
Yes, I was a good boy, / Never done no wrong, / But this world is weary / An' de road is hard an' long.
I fell in love with / A gal I thought was kind.
Fell in love with / A gal I thought was kind.
She made me lose ma money / An' almost lose ma mind.
Weary, weary, / Weary early in de morn.
Weary, weary, / Early, early in de morn.
I's so weary / I wish I'd never been born.