Take me
back to those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
Where the mockingbird is singing
high up in the laurel tree
At the
Alabama moon, she shined her light on me
Way back in those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
My daddy was a rounder,
he wore a rounder's hat and coat
He used to strum a banjo,
though he didn't know a note
My mama used to tell me,
with a smile upon her face
If you want a second helping, son,
you'll have to lay more grace
It was just a year ago,
I took out on the bum
With only fourteen dollars,
a suitcase and a gun
But now I am a rich man,
there's one thing I know
The place that I long most to be
is a place where I can't go
Take me back to those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
Where the mockingbird is singing
high up in the laurel tree
Let the
Alabama moon shine her light on me
Way back in those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
Take me back!
If you ever leave your home
and loved ones far behind
Someday you'll open up your eyes
and see that you were blind
Cause if there is a heaven,
I know where it will be
Way back in those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
Way back in those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
Where the mockingbird is singing
high up in the laurel tree
Let the
Alabama moon shine her light on me
Way back in those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
Way back in those old
Kentucky hills of
Tennessee
Thanks a lot.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.