Long ago and far away but not forgotten Love lives in this memory of mine And when the night wind blows Back through the years my memory goes To another place, another time I once loved a woman Her name was Delia Jones She lived in the mansion on the hill In the night she’d slip away And stay with me ‘til break of day In my cabin out behind her husband’s mill When her husband heard the rumors ‘Bout what his wife was doin’ He swore to hunt me down and hang me high With his money, power, and pride He had the law on his side So I lit out ‘neath the cold and moonless sky I hopped a train from the north All the way to Baltimore For a year, the downtown mission was my home Well, I was safe, and I was free But I was lonesome as could be And I longed for the love that I had known So in the cold northern wind I was headin’ south again Like a moth headin’ straight for the flame Well, I’ll either make her mine Or God knows I’ll die tryin’ Life or death, without her love, it’s all the same On the outskirts of town, on the road, I met a stranger I said, “Friend, do you know Delia Jones?” He said, “I’m sorry to have to say But she’s been dead one year today And why she took her life, we’ve never known “Well, her husband always said That Delia went crazy Her rich friends say Delia just got bored Ah, but other folks claim a broken heart was to blame The truth is only known to the Lord.” The years have blown by Like the leaves of late autumn I can’t hold the love I left behind And when the night wind moans Back through the years my memory goes To another place, another time To another place, another time
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