Tucumcari
Jimmie Rodgers Roulette R-4191
(Olofson-McIntyre) Mappa Mus. Corp. ASCAP



Twelve more miles to Tucumcari

I've been hurrying there
To the gal I'm gonna marry
With the yellowest hair


{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)

Ten more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)


Eight more miles to Tucumcari
It's the fourth of July

Been three years in January
Since I kissed her goodbye


{Left right march along
I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
Six more miles to Tucumcari

Then I'll never more roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)


Four more miles to Tucumcari
Not much further to go
Got no time to waste or tarry

She'll be waitin' I know

{Left right march along

I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
Two more miles to Tucumcari
Then I'll never more roam

(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)

Here I am in Tucumcari

Found my yellow-haired gal
Just in time to see her marry
With my very best pal


{Left right march along
Guess I better be gone} (I better be gone)

A thousand miles from Tucumcari
I'll be rambling on
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I'll be rambling on)


A hundred miles from Tucumcari
Down in Santa Fe

Fell in love with a girl named Mary
Gee I'm happy today


{No more marching now
Found my honeycomb} (found my honeycomb)
I've forgotten Tucumcari

No more reason to roam
(Tucumcari, Tucumcari)
I've forgotten Tucumcari

No more reason to roooaaaammmmm



Transcribed by Little John
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