Traditional

1. Sweet Alalee, so dear to me
She's gone for ever more
My home was down in Tennessee
Before the cruel war

Ch. Then carry me back to Tennessee
There's where I long to be
Among the fields of yellow corn
With my darling Alalee

2. Oh why did I from day to day
Keep wishing to be free
And from my master run away
And leave my Alalee

Ch.

3. They said that I would soon be free
And happy all the day
And if they'll take me back again
I'll never run away

Ch.

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