Bonnie Blue Eyes

Bye bye, little Bonnie blue eyes,
Bye bye, little Bonnie blue eyes,
You’re mine if you live, you’re mine if you die,
You’re my little Bonnie blue eyes.

Don’t cry, little Bonnie, don’t cry,
Don’t cry, little Bonnie, don’t cry,
For if you cry you’ll spoil your sweet blue eyes,
Don’t cry, little Bonnie, don’t cry.

Come home, little Bonnie, come home,
Come home, little Bonnie, come home,
You’re mine if you live, you’re mine if you die,
You’re my little Bonnie blue eyes.

My trunks done packed and gone,
My trunks done packed and gone,
My trunks done packed, it’ll never come back.
Goodbye, little Bonnie, goodbye.

I’ll see you again someday,
I’ll see you again someday,
I’ll see you again but the Lord He knows when,
Goodbye, little Bonnie blue eyes.

I’m going out West next Fall,
I’m going out West next Fall,
I’m going out West where times is best,
Goodbye, little Bonnie blue eyes.

Goodbye, little Bonnie, goodbye,
Goodbye, little Bonnie, goodbye.
You’ve told me more lies than the stars in the skies,
Goodbye, little Bonnie, goodbye.

November 1967
Lower Creek
Lenoir, NC