She Was Happy Till She Met You-Jimmie Rodgers

[00:00]Jimmie Rodgers [00:02] [00:03]On a bright and sunny day when a young wife ran away [00:10]From a husband who had filled her heart with pain [00:17]On the table laid a note these simple words she wrote [00:24]Goodbye I hope we'll never meet again [00:30]To her mother she returned for her old home she had yearned [00:36]For all the love for him she had had fled [00:43]But he sought her out at last with repentance for the past [00:49]But her mother met him in the door and said [00:55]She was happy till she met you the fault is all your own [01:01]If she wishes to forget you please leave her alone [01:08]She has come to her old mother because there is no other [01:14]She'll be happy in her home sweet home [01:26]I have come to say goodbye said the husband with a sigh [01:33]Just let me take her to my heart again [01:39]Says the mother it's too late all her love has turned to hate [01:46]So go your way your pleadings are in vain [01:51]She's my wife the husband cried you can't take her from my side [01:57]The law forbids you part us we are wed [02:03]But the mother answered nay she sadly turned away [02:09]And once again to him she calmly said [02:15]She was happy till she met you the fault is all your own [02:20]If she wishes to forget you please leave her alone [02:28]She has come to her old mother because there is no other [02:34]She'll be happy in her home sweet home