He's Gone Away - Charlie Haden, Tanya Haden

I’m goin' away for to stay a little while

But I’m comin' back if I go ten thousand miles

Oh, who will tie your shoes?

And who will glove your hands?

And who will kiss your ruby lips when I am gone?

Oh, it’s pappy’ll tie my shoes

And mammy’ll glove my hands

And you will kiss mg ruby lips when you come back!

Oh, he’s gone, he’s gone away

For to stay a little while;

But he’s comin' back if he goes ten thousand miles

Look away, look away, look away over Yandro

On Yandro’s high hill, where them white doves are flyin'

From bough to bough and a-matin' with their mates

So why not me with mine?

For he’s gone, oh he’s gone away

For to stay a little while

But he’s comin' back if he goes ten thousand miles

I’ll go build me a desrick on Yandro’s high hill

Where the wild beasts won’t bother me nor hear my sad cry

For he’s gone, he’s gone away for to stay a little while

But he’s comin' back if he goes ten thousand miles