Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional
Played Jerry with David Grisman and in the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band.
ChorusTraditional version have an additional verse that I don't think Jerry sang:
Short life of trouble
A few more words to part
Short life of trouble, dear girl
For a boy with a broken heart
Remember what you promised
Not more than a week ago
You promised that you'd marry me
Standing in your mama's door
[chorus]
Now you've broken your promise
Go marry whom you may
For this old world so big and so wide
I'll ramble back some day
[chorus]
Now you've gone and left me
I don't know what I'll do
I'd give this world and half my life
Just to be married to you
[chorus]
My right foot's on the platform
My left foot's on the train
I'm leaving you and this lonesome old town
To never return again
Jerry Garcia Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
27 Oct 1987 | Ragged But Right | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | |||
28 Oct 1987 | On Broadway: Act One | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band | |||
31 Oct 1987 | Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne | Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band |