In My Dear Old Southern Home

Doc Watson

Written by Ellsworth Cozzens and Jimmie Rodgers

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
In my dear old southern home
                       G7
I was happy as I could be
          C
Where the mockingbirds sing
    F
And not while they rest
        G7                          C
In that little old log cabin by the sea
(Yodel)

Verse 2

Cause I think of my mother and dad
                                    G7
When I left them I know it made ‘em sad
    C                           F
But soon I'm going back to that little old log shack
        G7                       C
Where I spent my happy days as a lad

Verse 1

C
In my dear old southern home
                       G7
I was happy as I could be
          C
Where the mockingbirds sing
    F
And not while they rest
        G7                          C
In that little old log cabin by the sea
(Yodel)

Verse 3

Goodbye friends I must leave you today
                       G7
Soon I’ll be going far away
          C
From dear old southern home
  F
I never more will roam
    G7                        C
I’m going right back there to stay

Verse 1

C
In my dear old southern home
                       G7
I was happy as I could be
          C
Where the mockingbirds sing
    F
And not while they rest
        G7                          C
In that little old log cabin by the sea
(Yodel)

Verse 4

(Yodel