Joe's Been A-Gittin' There
Johnny Horton

There was a Yankee Colonel

In 1862 who fell in love

With a Southern belle

Where the sweet Magnolias 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-blind

Joe's been a gettin' there

All this time


Joe's been a-gettin' there

Joe's been a-fly

Joe's been a-gettin' there

In 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 gray


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

In 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

In 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, yeah


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

In his time


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

In his time


Joe's been a-gettin' there

Joe's been a-flyin'


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