I Knew It - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
I KNEW IT. Copyright, 1891, by Willis Woodward & Co. Words and Music by Loren Bragden. 
A lass that I loved was the belle of the town, I knew it, I knew it; Such line and such eyes there could scarcely be found, I knew it, I knew it. We loved as two lovers had ne'er loved before: She pledged me her faith and her constancy swore; She said she would live only me to adore, I knew it, I knew it 
We were married and lived as two young lovers do, I knew it, I knew it; With nothing to live on but the breath we each drew, I knew it, I knew it. She said she would live only me to adore, But she never once mentioned my mother in-law; She said that the ranch she would rule evermore, I knew it, I knew it. 
Now a drummer I was and I travelled around, All knew it, all knew it; I spent all my time taking in every town, All knew it, all knew it. For my long absence from her I was not to blame, Excuses I made that she thought rather lame, But in each town I had a girl just the same, I knew it, she knew it. 
One day I came home from a trip in the West, None knew it, none knew it; I went to my home, for I needed some rest, I knew it, I knew a. When I entered the house, not a thing to be found, My wife and her mother with my money gone, Some other drummer had been doing our town, I knew it, she knew it.