The Gal I Left Behind Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

I struck the trail in seventy-nine 

The herd strung out behind me 

As I jogged along my mind went back 

To the gal I left behind me 

If I ever get off the trail, boys 

And the troubles they don't find me 

I'll make my way straight back again 

To the gal I left behind me 

That sweet little gal, that pretty little gal 

The gal I left behind me 

That sweet little gal, that pretty little gal 

The gal I left behind me 

The wind did blow and the rain did flow 

The hail did fall and blind me 

And I thought of that gal, that sweet little gal 

That gal I'd left behind me 

She wrote ahead to a place I said 

And I was glad to find it 

She says "I'm true, when you get through 

Ride back and you will find me" 

That sweet little gal, that pretty little gal 

The gal I left behind me 

That sweet little gal, that pretty little gal 

The gal I left behind me 

When we sold out I took the train 

I knew that I would find her 

When I got back, we had a smack 

And that's no gol-darned lie, sir 

That sweet little gal, that pretty little gal 

The gal I left behind me 

That sweet little gal, that pretty little gal 

The gal I left behind me