1. O: darling O: darling don’t tell me no lies
Where did you stay last night.
I stayed in the pines where the sun
never shines
And I shivered when the cold wind blew.
2. The prettiest little boy I ever saw
Stood with his head bowed down.
3. The prettiest little girl I ever saw
Came walking down through town.
4. The longest train I ever saw
Went out on the western line.
5. The engineer tooted at half past Eight
And killed my wife and child
Her head was found in a drive wheel
But her body was never found.
6. If I had listened to what mama had said
I would not have been here now.
7. I saw you there with a strange young man
And dearly he looked to me
The lonsomest road I ever saw is on
the automobile line.
O: Darling
Song ballad written March 20th;
1915
By Mayme
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