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Version 1This was one of my grandfathers favorite songs off the louvin bros album tragic songs of life. in G G Sad and alone in a mansion D7 No loving wife to caress Sat a man sad and lonely G No loving wife's lips to kiss She married him for (possessions?) C No love in her heart had she Sad and alone, in his fine home D7 G He looked all around him and said Chorus, same progression. What is a home without a baby? To love and to tease and adore? What is home without a sweet wife? To kiss you each night at the door? What is a home without sunshine? To spread its bright rays from above? You can have wealth and its pleasures But what is a home without love? Walking down the streets one evening He passed by a cottage so neat Stopped and looked in the window He saw there a picture so sweet A husband, a wife, and a baby They were hugging and kissing too He turned aside, his tears to cry And from his lips came these words