Long Journey Home

Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
Two dollar bill, boys, two dollar bill
Lost all my money but a two dollar bill
And I'm on my long journey home

Black smoke's a-rising, surely it's a train,...

Homesick and lonesome and feeling kinda blue,...

Cloudy in the east and it looks like rain,...

Little girl a-waitin', on down the line,...

Dark and a rainin' and I gotta go home,...

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Lyrics from the Mountain Music for Everyone Collection, a database of nearly 400 traditional songs common in bluegrass and old-time circles. The collection is provided by the Abbott family, which also offers books and CDs aimed at providing a path to playing by ear, songbooks, and play-along CDs for learning these traditional songs. Visit www.PlayingByEar.com for more.