Jimmie Rodgers - She Was Happy Till She Met You lyrics

On a bright and sunny day when
A young wife ran away
From a husband who had filled
Her heart with pain on the table laid a note
These simple words she wrote
Goodbye I hope we'll never meet again

To her mother she returned for her
Old home she had yearned
For all the love she had for him had fled
But he sought her out at last
With repentance for the past
But her mother met him in the door and said

She was happy till she met you
The fault is all your own
Id she wishes to forget you
Please leave her alone
She has come to her old mother
Because there is no other
She'll be happy in her home sweet home

I have come to say goodbye said
The husband with a sigh
Just let me take her to my heart again
Says the mother it's too late all
Her love has turned to hate
So go your way your pleading's are in vain

She's my wife the husband cried you
Can't take her from my side
The law forbids you part us we are wed
But the mother answered nay
And sadly turned away
And once again to him she calmly said
She was happy till she met you