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The Sweet South
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This was played a few times by Jerry with David Grisman in 1990-92 and long before that with the Hollow Hog Stompers in 1962. The lyrics for the two versions are almost identical (thanks to Matt Schofield for checking the 1962 version)

Take me back to the where I first saw the light
To the sweet south take me home
the mockingbirds sing me to rest every night
Oh, why was I to roam?

I think with of the dear home I left
Of the warm hearts that me there
Of wife and of dear of whom I'm bereft
For the old place again do I

Take me back to the where the orange trees grow
To my plot in the shade
Where the flowers the river's green margins did grow (note 1)
And spread their scent through the glade

Oh the path to our cottage say has grown green (note 2)
And the place is quite around
I know the smiles and the forms I have seen
Now lie in the mossy ground

Take me back, let me see what is left I knew
Can it be the old house is gone?
friends of my childhood indeed must be few
And I must death all alone

But yet return to the place of my birth
the children have played round the door
Where they gathered blossoms that grow round the path
They'll echo our footsteps no

Take me back to the place where my little ones
Massa lies buried close by
By the graves of my loved ones, I long for to
And them to rest when I die

Take me to the place where I first saw the light
To the sweet south take me home
Where the mockingbirds me to rest every night
Oh, why was I to roam?