Fiddlin' John Carson — In My Old Cabin Home

Here is my old cabin; Here lies my sister and my brother; Here lies my wife-she's [she was] the joy of my life- [And] My child in the grave with her mother I am going to leave this land, with this old darkies' band Travel all the wide world over [When] I get tired, I will settle down to rest Away down in my old cabin home Here is my old cabin; Here lies my sister and my brother; Here lies my wife-she's [she was] the joy of my life- [And] My child in the grave with her mother [When] Old age comes on me, and my hair is turning gray; [I'll] Hang up my fiddle all alone; I'll set down by the fire, and I'll pass the time away Away down in my old cabin home Here is my old cabin; Here lies my sister and my brother; Here lies my wife-she's [she was] the joy of my life- [And] My child in the grave with her mother Here is my old cabin; Here lies my sister and my brother; Here lies my wife-she's [she was] the joy of my life- [And] My child in the grave with her mother I am going to leave this land, with this old darkies' band Travel all the wide world over [When] I get tired, I will settle down to rest Away down in my old cabin home