Oh, why, oh why did you wander?   Oh, why did you ever roam?   When you know that we always were happy   All alone in our old mountain home      It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains   Down in the hills of Tennessee   As she waited alone in the moonlight   It was there that she waited for me      Oh, why, oh why did you wander?   Oh, why did you ever roam?   When you know that we always were happy   All alone in our old mountain home      Oh, why did you leave me little darling?   Why did you leave me alone?   For you know I'd be lonely without you   All alone in our old mountain home      Oh, why, oh why did you wander?   Oh, why did you ever roam?   When you know that we always were happy   All alone in our old mountain home      I hope you will always be happy   No matter where you may roam   And I hope to be with you up in Heaven   As we were in our old mountain home      Oh, why, oh why did you wander?   Oh, why did you ever roam?   When you know that we always were happy   All alone in our old mountain home      Oh, why, oh why did you wander?   Oh, why did you ever roam?   When you know that we always were happy   All alone in our old mountain home