Darling, when you married me,
I asked the maiden fair
Turned my back upon her
when she looked, she wasn't there
She left me standing there
on the mountain
She left me standing way up there
Where the honey bees are buzzin'
round the flowers there
That is where she vanished,
somewhere in that mountain there
She left me standing,
me standing there on the mountain
She left me standing way
up there
I just saw a whippoorwill a
-talkin' to a bear
They were both a -laughin'
bout her givin' me the air
She left me standin' there
on the mountain
She left me standin' way up there
Think I'll build a cabin
that will stand the stormy wear
And keep a -watchin' for that gal
and hopin' she'll appear
She left me standing there
on the mountain
She left me standing way
up there
If she comes around the mountain,
I'll be waiting there
I will tell her that she's caught
my lovin' in her snare
She left me standing there
on the mountain
She left me standing way up there
First time that I saw her
she looked like an angel there
Last time that I saw her
she looked sweet and cute and fair
She left me standing there
on the mountain
She left me standing way
up there
I will keep on searching for
that little maiden fair
And if I do not find her,
you will find my body where
She left me standing,
there on the mountain
She left me standing way up there
I would give most anything
if once more she'd appear
And tell me that she'd get
a little farther smilin'
And she'd let me steadily stand
there on the mountain
She'd let me standing way up there