Oh! i'm packing my grip
and i'm leav-in' to-day,
'cause i'm takin' a trip
cal-i-for-nia way
i'm gon-na set-tle down and nev-er more roam
and make the san fer-nan-do val0ley my home.
I'll for-get my sins,
i'll be mak-in' new friends,
where the west be-gins
and the sun-set ends,
'cause i've de-cid-ed where "yours tru-ly" should be
and it's the san fer-nan-do val-ley for me
I think that i'm safe in stat-in'
{she - he} will be wait-in'
when my lone-ly jour-ney is done-
and kind-ly old rev-'rend thomas
made us a pro-mise
he will make the two of us one.
So, i'm hit-tin' the trail
to the cow coun-try.
you can for-ward my mail
care of r.f.d.
i'm gon-na set-tle down and nev-er more roam
and make the san fer-nan-do val-ley my home