Pa sang it to Ma when he came back from his long trip to the wheatfields where he had been working as a harvester.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
On the Banks of Plum Creek, page 244

The Girl I Left Behind Me
(Words Traditional USA, Traditional Irish Tune)

I struck the trail in seventy-two,
The herd strung out behind me;
As I jogged along,
My mind ran back
To the girl I left behind me.
The sweet little girl,
The pretty little girl,
The girl I left behind me,
As I jogged along,
My mind ran back
To the girl I left behind me.

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