Fare Thee Well

Way back when, on a muggy night

In the hills of Tennessee

I fell in love with a Knoxville girl

And she in love with me

And she in love with me

Long and tall like a drink of water

And made of raven hair

I'm headed north with my bonny lass

To make a new life there

Fare thee well, fare thee well

I'm northern bound

Fare thee well, fare thee well

Where chains are broken and lost are found

Branded a deserter

My face and name on every tree

We trade my gun for a smuggler's silence

On good ship Alice Dean

On the good ship Alice Dean

Three days and nights, then forty leagues

'Til we settle on our land

A plow against my shoulder

And the Good Book in my hand

Fare thee well, fare thee well

I'm northern bound

Fare thee well, fare thee well

Where chains are broken and lost are found

I've never felt a night so long

When they finally came for thee

Waiting in your Union blues

And our baby on my knee

Dry those tears, my darling dear

And don't you weep for me

For I've held the heart of my one true love

Now my Maker I will see

Now my Maker I will see

Fare thee well, fare thee well

I'm northern bound

Fare thee well, fare thee well

Where chains are broken and lost are found

Are found

Way back when, on a muggy night

In the hills of Tennessee

I fell in love with a Knoxville girl

Was she in love with me