<emph>Leaving Home:</emph> Electronic Edition. Performed by The Swingbillies Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Monique Prince Text encoded by Elizabeth S. Wright First edition, 2003 ca. 7K Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003.

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 Leaving Home 1 p. Recording Label Date Call number 78-16071 General Collection/Sound Recordings (#30001), (Southern Folklife Collection, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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These song lyrics are transcribed from a recording by The Swingbillies held by the Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. These lyrics accompany a digital audio file.

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 Library of Congress Subject Headings English Ballads, English -- Texts. Ballads, English -- United States. Folk songs, English -- United States -- Texts. Folk songs, English -- United States. Textile factories -- North Carolina -- Songs and music. 2005-02-21, Celine Noel and Wanda Gunther revised TEIHeader and created catalog record for the electronic edition. 2003-09-11, Elizabeth S. Wright finished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing. 2003-08-21, Elizabeth S. Wright finished TEI/SGML encoding 2003-07-17, Monique Prince finished transcribing the text. Leaving Home Now Frankie and Johnnie were sweethearts And they had a quarrel one day Johnnie vowed he'd leave her Said he was going away Never coming home Going away to roam Now Frank she begged and she pleaded She was hollerin' ‘Johnnie please stay Now, hon, I've done you wrong But please don't go away’ And Johnnie sighed And Frankie cried Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, never coming home Gonna miss me honey in the days to come When the winter wind begins to blow, the ground is covered up with snow Think on me, wish to be back loving man Gonna miss me honey in the day, day, days to come Now Frankie done said to her Johnnie ‘Now say man, your hour has come’ Underneath her silk kimono She drew a forty-four gun It was a bear But lot to fare Now Johnnie fled down the stairway He's cryin' ‘Frankie, don't shoot’ Frankie aimed the forty-four Five times with a root-toot-toot And Johnnie fell And Frankie yelled Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, never coming home Gonna miss me honey in the days to come When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up with snow Think on me, wish to be back loving man Gonna miss me honey in the day, day, days to come Now send for rubber-tired hearses And you better get your rubber-tired hack Carry little Johnnie to the graveyard I shot him in the back With a great big gun When he went to run Now send for thousand policemans To take me right away And lock me down in the dungeon cell And throw the key away 'Cause Johnnie's dead Just 'cause he said: Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, never coming home Gonna miss me honey in the days to come When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up with snow Think of me, wish to be back loving man Gonna miss me honey in the day, day, days to come