Frank Fairfield - I've Always Been A Rambler lyrics

I've always been a rambler I've always been the rambler my fortune's been quite hard I've always kept for women, drank whiskey and played cards My parents treat me kindly since they had no boy but me My mind was bent on ramblin', at home I couldn't agree There was a wealthy farmer who lived in the country by He had one handsome daughter on whom I cast an eye She was so tall and handsome, so pretty and so fair Wasn't one girl in this wide world with her I could compare When I asked if it'd make any difference if I crossed over the plain She says it'd make no difference so you return again She promised she'd prove true to me until I proved unkind Kissed, shook hands and parted with the one I left behind I left old North Carolina, to Marion I did go Way out to Johnson City, gonna see this wide world o'er Where money and work were plentiful and the people treated me kind The only object of my heart was the one I left behind I rambled out one evening down on the country square The mail had just arriven when the post-boy met me there He handed me a letter which give me to understand The girl I'd left in Carolina had married another man I read a few lines further 'til I found that it was true My mind was filled with sorrow, I didn't know what to do My mind was filled with trouble, while trouble's on my mind Going to drink and gamble for the one I left behind