[ar: The Carter Family] [ti: Meet Me By the Moonlight, Alone] [al: The Carter Family, Vol. 1] [id: hcqocnso] [length: 03:22] [00:15.55]I'm going to the new jail tomorrow [00:19.52]To leave the one that I love [00:23.49]To leave my friends and relations [00:27.38]And, oh, how lonely, my love [00:31.05] [00:31.41]Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me [00:35.09]Meet me by the moonlight alone [00:38.88]For I have a sad story to tell you [00:42.72]To be told by the moonlight alone [00:46.72] [01:01.56]My parents, how cruel they treat me [01:05.33]They drive me away from their door [01:09.09]If I live a hundred years longer [01:12.84]I'll never go back any more [01:16.89] [01:17.59]Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me [01:21.42]Meet me by the moonlight alone [01:25.06]For I have a sad story to tell you [01:29.02]To be told by the moonlight alone [01:32.70] [01:47.39]If I had a ship on the ocean [01:51.36]All laden and lined with pure gold [01:55.09]Before my darling should suffer [01:58.71]I'd have that ship anchored and sold [02:02.61] [02:02.86]Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me [02:06.45]Meet me by the moonlight alone [02:10.12]For I have a sad story to tell you [02:14.00]To be told by the moonlight alone [02:17.98] [02:32.64]If I had the wings of an angel [02:36.48]O'er land and sea I'd fly [02:40.22]I'd fly to the arms of my darling [02:43.79]And I'd be willing to die [02:47.94] [02:48.20]Meet me by the moonlight, love, meet me [02:51.47]Meet me by the moonlight alone [02:55.38]For I have a sad story to tell you [02:59.34]To be told by the moonlight alone