Danville Girl Song Lyrics and Chords by The Greenbriar Boys
Danville Girl
Recorded by The Greenbriar Boys
Written by Vince Martin
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My pocket book was empty
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heart was
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full of
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pain
Ten thousand miles
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away from home
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Bumming the railroad
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train
I was
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standing on the platform
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Smoking a
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cheap
ci
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gar
Waiting for the next freight train
To
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carry an empty
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car
Oh I got off at Danville
Got
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stuck on a
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Danville
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girl
You can bet your life she's
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out of sight
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wore those Danville
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curls
She
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took me to her parlor
She
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treated me
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nice and
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kind
She got me in the notion
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bumming all the
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time
She wore her hair on the back of her head
Like
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high-tone
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people
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do
And the very next train come
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down the line
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bid my girl a
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dieu
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pulled my cap down over my eyes
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walked the
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railroad
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track
And
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there I
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caught the next freight train
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Never to come
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back
FAQ
Who sang the the song Danville Girl?
- The song Danville Girl was sang by The Greenbriar Boys.
Who is The Greenbriar Boys?
- The Greenbriar Boys were a northern bluegrass music group who first got together in jam sessions in New York's Washington Square Park.
