Cabin On The Hill
Recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Written by B.L. Shook
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There's a happy child at home there's a happy child at home
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In my memory I can see in my memory I can see
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Standing out upon the hill standing out upon the hill
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Neath the shadow of the tree neath the shadow of the tree
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If I only had my way if I only had my way
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It would give my heart a thrill it would give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back just to simply wander back
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To the cabin on the hill to the cabin on the hill
Oh I want to wander back oh I want to wander back
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To the cabin on the hill to the cabin on the hill
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Neath the shadow of the tree neath the shadow of the tree
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I would like to linger still I would like to linger still
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Just to be with those I love just to be with those I love
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Joy my heart would over fill joy my heart would over fill
And I want to wander back and I want to wander back
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To the cabin on the hill to the cabin on the hill
But the saddest of it all but the saddest of it all
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I can never more return I can never more return
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To that happy childhood home to that happy childhood home
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Matters not how much I yearn matters not how much I yearn
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If I'd only had my way if I'd only had my way
G7 C G7 C
It would give my heart a thrill it would give my heart a thrill
Just to simply wander back just to simply wander back
G7 C F C
To the cabin on the hill to the cabin on the hill
Repeat #2