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Far away on the hills |
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To a sunny mountainside |
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Many years ago we parted |
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My little Ruth and I |
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From this sunny mountainside |
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She clung to me and trembled |
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When I told her we must part |
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She said "Don't go, my darling |
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It almost breaks my heart |
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To think of you so far apart" |
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Carry me back to old Virginny |
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Back to my Clinch Mountain home |
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Carry me back to old Virginny |
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Back to my old Mountain home |
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Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee |
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Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee |
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Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee |
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Oh, my mountain home |
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Fold my arms around her |
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Leaned her head upon my breast |
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I told her I would wed her |
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When I came back from the west |
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At my old Clinch Mountain home |
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In my hand I hold a picture |
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Of the old home far away |
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In the other one my sweetheart |
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I'm thinking of today |
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On the sunny mountainside |
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Carry me back to old Virginny |
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Back to my Clinch Mountain home |
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Carry me back to old Virginny |
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Back to my old Mountain home |
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Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee |
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Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee |
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Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee |
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Oh, my mountain home |
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My mother's old and feeble |
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My father's getting gray |
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I'm going back to Virginny |
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And I expect to stay |
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At my old Clinch Mountain home |
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Carry me back to old Virginny |
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Back to my Clinch Mountain home |
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Carry me back to old Virginny |
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Back to my old Mountain home |
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Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee |
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Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee |
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Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee |
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Oh, my mountain home |
