twelve more miles to tucumcari
i’ve been hurrying there
to the gal i’m gonna marry
with the yellowest hair
left right march along
i’ve just gotta get home just gotta get home
ten more miles to tucumcari
then i’ll never more roam
tucumcari tucumcari i just gotta get home
eight more miles to tucumcari
it’s the fourth of july
been three years in january
since i kissed her goodbye
left right march along
i’ve just gotta get home just gotta get home
six more miles to tucumcari
then i’ll never more roam
tucumcari tucumcari i just gotta get home
four more miles to tucumcari
not much further to go
got no time to waste or tarry
she’ll be waitin’ i know
left right march along
i’ve just gotta get home just gotta get home
two more miles to tucumcari
then i’ll never more roam
tucumcari tucumcari i just gotta get home
here i am in tucumcari
found my yellowhaired gal
just in time to see her marry
with my very best pal
left right march along
guess i better be gone i better be gone
a thousand miles from tucumcari
i’ll be rambling on
tucumcari tucumcari i’ll be rambling on
a hundred miles from tucumcari
down in santa fe
fell in love with a girl named mary
gee i’m happy today
no more marching now
found my honeycomb found my honeycomb
i’ve forgotten tucumcari
no more reason to roam
tucumcari tucumcari
i’ve forgotten tucumcari
no more reason to roooaaaammmmm
above and are for personal use and research interest only
Artist: Jimmie Rodgers
Year: 1959
Decade: 50s
Language: en
Word Count: 162