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Back in the days of my childhood 
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in the evening when everything was still 
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I used to sit and listen to the fox hounds 
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with my dad in the old Kentucky hills. 
 
(chorus) 
                           (D) 
I'm on my way back to the old home, 
                           (E) 
that road winds on up the hill 
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But there's no light in the window, 
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that shined long ago where I lived. 
 
 
 
Soon my childhood days were over 
I had to leave my old home. 
For my mom and dad were called to heaven 
I was left in this world all alone. 
 
High in the hill of 'ol Kentucky 
stands a foggy thought in my memory 
I'm on my way back to the old home 
that light in the window I long to see.