Well this is a Bascom Lamar Lunsford song, but this is how I think Bonnie Prince Billy plays it.
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Oh, tis sad to be parted from those that we love
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Strange faces we see every day
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Each heart string of mine is broken in time
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When I think of those dear ones at home.
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Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home
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God bless those I leave with a sigh
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I ll cherish fond memories when I am far away
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To roam over this wide world alone.
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I stood on my doorstep each evening and morn
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The wind whispered by with a moan
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The fields may be whitening, but I will be gone
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To roam over this wide world alone.
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Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home
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God bless those I leave with a sigh
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I ll cherish fond memories when I am far away
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To roam over this wide world alone.
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I stood on my doorstep when school time was o er
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And I wish for the time to go by
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Now it has passed, and I stand here tonight
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To bid this old stepstone goodbye.
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Goodbye dear old stepstone, goodbye to my home
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God bless those I leave with a sigh
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I ll cherish fond memories when I am far away
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To roam over this wide world alone.
