I was happy, oh so happy
Living down old Mississippi way
I was living with my pappy
Fifteen years ago today

When I left him in the gloaming
I recall I heard him say
You'll be sorry that you're going
Fifteen years ago today

I met a slicker from the city
And he stole my heart away
How he fooled me what a pity
Fifteen years ago today

And he told me if I'd go with him
That a fortune we would me
But he left me for another
Fifteen years ago today

Now I'm sitting by my lonesome
For each wrong I now must pay
I remember I wasn't lonesome
Fifteen years ago today