[Verse 1]
They had drif-ted from the vil-lage to the town,
Long a-go she laid a-way her ging-ham gown,
Far be-hind were left the friends of oth-er days,
They had brave-ly tried to cop-y cit-y ways.
Sum-mer time was past and leaves were green and gold,
In his heart a long-ing came for days of old,
And with ten-er voice he whis-per'd "Man-dy dear,
True old pal, the husk-in' time is near-ly here.
[Chorus]
Man-dy dear, In husk-in' time,
Don't you think the vil-lage bells
ring out withsweet-est chime?
Let's go way back home to-day
to the farm-land far a-way, And at-tend
just one more husk-in' bee In husk-in' time."
[Verse 2]
As she lis-tens she is smil-ing thro' her tears,
And her mem-'ry's drift-ing back to by-gone years,
For way down deep in her heart she's long-ing too,
Just to go back to the vil-lage folks she knew.
"Trains don't take much time to get back home," she sighs,
And he whis-pers "Man-dy, can't you re-al-ize?
That is just the speech I want to make to you,
What I said be-fore I meant it through and through.
[Chorus]