Lyrics I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks - Bill Monroe

I'm thinking tonight of the old folks
Way down in Tennessee
I know my mother is away
Back where I long to be

Now, when I left the old home
I was not satisfied
When I kissed mother goodbye
She hung her head and cry

I traveled this old world over
On freight trains and highways
I'm going back to Dixie
And there I'll spend my days

I hear that special comin'
And I'll be on the bound
When she pulls out for Dixie
And the Mason-Dixon line

I know a girl in Dixie
She was my childhood pal
She said if I quit buming
That she would be my gal

At night I think about her
She's always on my mind
And when we played together
She was so good and kind

I hear that special comin'
And I'll be on the bound
When she calls out for Dixie
And the Mason-Dixon line