Joe's Been A Gettin' There
Johnny Horton

There was a Yankee Colonel
In 1862
Who fell in Love with a Southern Belle
Where the Sweet Magnolia Bloom
He wondered why folks laughed at him
When He went riding by
But little did he know that she was
A-courting on the side

Joe's Been A-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a gettin there
All this time
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Beatin' his time

He walked her up the mountain
He named it to her there
He offered her a band of gold
And his name to share
She said that she would marry him
And even set the day
But little did he know that
She loved a soldier boy in grey

Joe's Been A-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a gettin there
All this time
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Beatin' his time

She took the love he offered
She took his silver too
She took every little thing from
Colonel dressed in blue
She wouldn't let him hold her
In a fond embrace and
When he tried to kiss his bride
She laughed right in his face

Joe's Been A-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a gettin there
All this time
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Beatin' his time

He woke up one morning
And found himself alone
And all she left was a letter
That said:
Good-bye, farewell, I'm gone
No doubt he was a mighty man
Where the heroes fell
But all is fair in love and war
And he lost his southern belle

Joe's Been A-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a gettin there
All this time
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Joe's been a-flyin
Joe's been a-gettin' there
Beatin' his time


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Lyrics by Johnny Horton

  All For The Love Of A Girl   All Grown Up   All Grown Up (1958)   Battle Of Bull Run   Battle Of New Orleans   Bob Sullivan Stomp [Piano Instrumental [Instrument...   Cherokee Boogie   Coal, Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam   Comanch (The Brave Horse) 1960   Comanche (The Brave Horse)   Counterfeit Love   Counterfeit Love [*]   Devilish Love Light   Devilish Lovelight   Done Rovin'   Done Rovin'   Everytime I'm Kissing You   Everytime I'm Kissing You   First Train Headin' South   First Train Headin' South   Go And Wash Your Dirty Feet   Gobbler, The Ole Houn' Dog   Gobbler, The Ole Houn' Dog   Golden Rocket   Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)   Goodbye Lonesome Hello Baby Doll   Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll   Got The Bull By The Horns   Got the Bull by the Horns   Got the Bull by the Horns   Hank And Joe And Me   Honky -Tonk Man   Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor   Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor [*]   Honky Tonk Man   Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor   Honky-Tonk Man   Honky-Tonk Man [*]   I Got A Hole In My Pirogue   I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'   I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'   I Love You Baby   I'm a One Woman Man   I'm Coming Home   I'm Ready If You're Willing   I'm Ready, If You're Willing   I'm A One Woman Man   I'm Coming Home   I'm Ready If You're Willing   In My Home In Shelby County   Jim Bridger   Joe's Been A-Gittin' There   Joe's Been A Gettin' There   John Paul Jones   Johnny Freedom   Johnny Freedom ("Freedomland")   Johnny Freedom (Freedomland)   Johnny Reb   Let's Take the Long Way Home   Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Take The Long Way Home   Letâ??s Take The Long Way Home   Long Rocky Road   Lost Highway   Lover's Rock   Lover's Rock   Mansion You Stole   Mean, Mean, Mean Son Of A Gun   Miss Marcy (Billy Boy)   Mr. Moonlight   North To Alaska   North to Alaska [From Land der 1000 Abenteuer]   O'leary's Cow   O'leary's Cow   Old Dan Tucker   Ole Slew Foot   Ole Slew Foot   One Woman Man   Out In New Mexico   Rock Island Line   Sal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Got A Sugarlip   Salâ??s Got A Sugarlip   Sam Maggee   Shadows On The Old Bayou   Shake Rattle And Roll   She Knows Why   Shotgun Boogie   Sink The Bismarck   Sink the Bismarck [Alternate Take]   Sink the Bismark   Sinking Of The Reuben James   Sleepy Eyed John   Sleepy-Eyed John   Smokey Joe's Barbeque   Smokey Joe's Barbeque   Snow Shoe Thompson   Sugar Coated Baby   Take Me Like I Am   The Battle of Bull Run   The Battle of New Orleans   The Elecrified Donkey   The Electrified Donkey   The First Train Headin' South   The Golden Rocket   The Golden Rocket   The Golden Rocket   The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance   The Mansion You Stole   The Vanishing Race   The Wild One   The Woman I Need (Honky Tonk Mind)   They'll Never Take Her Love From Me   They'll Never Take Her Love From Me   When It's Spring Time In Alaska (It's Forty Below)   When It's Springtime In Alaska   When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's 40 Below)   When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)   When It's Springtime In Alaska   Whispering Pines   Wild One   Words   Young Abe Lincoln

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