Joe's Been a Gettin' There

There was a Yankee Colonel

In 1862

Who fell in Love with a Southern Belle

Where the Sweet Magnolia 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-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

Beatin' 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 grey

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

Beatin' 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

Beatin' 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

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

Beatin' his time