Farewell - Witmark Demo - 1963

All I'm say, oh, it's fare thee well. my darlin' true
 I'm leavin' in the first hour of the morn
 I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
 Or maybe the coast of Californ
 So it's fare thee well, my own true love
 We'll meet another day, another time
 It ain't the leavin' that's a-grievin' me
 But my true love who's bound to stay behind
 Oh, the weather is against me and the wind blows hard
 And the rain, she's a-turnin' into hail
 I still might strike it lucky on a highway goin' west
 Though I'm travelin' on a path beaten trail
 So it's fare thee well, my own true love
 We'll meet another day, another time
 It ain't the leavin' that's a-grievin' me
 But my darling who's bound to stay behind
 I will write you a letters, from time to time
 As I'm ramblin', you can travel with me too
 With my head, my heart and my hands, my love
 I will send what I learn back home to you
 So it's fare thee well, my own true love
 We'll meet another day, another time
 It ain't the leavin' that's a-grievin' me
 But my true love who's bound to stay behind
 I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles
 Be them somebody else's or my own
 With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high
 I will travel unnoticed and unknown
 So it's fare thee well, my own true love
 We'll meet another day, another time
 It ain't the leavin' that's a-grievin' me
 But my true love who's bound to stay behind
 I've heard tell of a town where I might as well be bound
 It's down around the old Mexican plains
 They say that the people are all friendly there
 And all they ask of you is your name
 So it's fare thee well, my own true love
 We'll meet another day, another time
 It ain't the leavin' that's a-grievin' me
 But my true love who's bound to stay behind