6/5/12 emily and martha spencer a distant land to roam

Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the music video of Emily and Martha Spencer [Whitetop Mountain Band members] performing a cover of the Carter-family song A Distant Land to Roam on June 5, 2012

Distant Land to Roam written by A.P. Carter
Lyrics
"I remember very well
On one dark and dreary day
Just as I was leaving home
For a distant land to roam
Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope I'll see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well)
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home
For a distant land to roam
Now I wandered far away
From my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming, coming home
Never more from thee to roam
Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope I'll see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well)
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home
For a distant land to roam
Now these words she said to me
As she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more
May we meet at God's right hand
Mother said (mother said)
My dear boy (my dear boy)
I hope I'll see you next year again
Fare you well (fare you well)
Fare you well (fare you well)
So I left my dear old home
For a distant land to roam"

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