So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh (Live At Carnegie Hall, 1955)

I've sung this song but I'll sing it again

Of the people I've met, the places I've been

Some of the troubles that bothered my mind

And a lot of good people that I've left behind

Singin' so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home

And I gotta be driftin' along

The sweethearts sat in the dark and they sparked

They hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark

They sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed

But instead of marriage they talked like this

Honey, so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home

And I gotta be driftin' along

Well, I went to your family, I asked 'em for you

They all said "Take her, oh, take her, please do

She can't cook or sew, she won't scrub your floor"

So I put on my coat, tiptoed out the door

Singin' so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home

And I gotta be driftin' along

Well, the telephone rang and it jumped off the wall

That was the preacher, he was makin' his call

He says "Kind friends, this may be the end

You've got your last chance at salvation of sin"

Well, the church was jammed and the church it was packed

The pews were so crowded from the front to the back

That the preacher could not read a word of his text

So he folded his specs, took up the collection

Said so long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

So long, it's been good to know ya

What a long time since I've been home

And I gotta be driftin' along