Joe's Been A-gittin' There Lyrics

There was a Yankee colonel
In eighteen sixty-two
Who fell in love with a southern belle
Where the sweet magnolias bloom

He wondered why folks laughed at him
When he went riding' by
But little did he know that she was
a-courtin' on the sly


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Joe's been a-gittin' there, Joe's been a-flyin'
Joe's been a-gittin' there, all this time

Joe's been a-gittin' there, Joe's been a-flyin'
Joe's been a-gittin' there, beating his time


He walked her up the mountain
He named it to her there
He offered her a band of gold
And his name to share

She said that she would marry him
And even set the day
But little did he know that she loved
A soldier boy in grey

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She took the love he offered
She took his silver too
She took every little thing
From the colonel dressed in blue

She wouldn't let him hold her
In a fond embrace
And when he tried to kiss his bride
She laughed right in his face

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He woke up one morning
And found himself alone
And all she left was a letter that said
Goodbye, farewell, I'm gone

He might have been a mighty man
With a hero's tale
But all is fair in love and war
And he lost his southern belle

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