My Clinch Mountain Home-The Carter Family

[00:15.13]Far away on the hills [00:17.50]To a sunny mountainside [00:19.85]Many years ago we parted [00:22.13]My little Ruth and I [00:24.11]From this sunny mountainside [00:28.34]She clung to me and trembled [00:29.93] [00:30.67]When I told her we must part [00:32.92]She said Don't go, my darling [00:34.99]It almost breaks my heart [00:37.31]To think of you so far apart [00:41.95]Carry me back to old Virginny [00:46.07]Back to my Clinch Mountain home [00:50.74]Carry me back to old Virginny [00:54.77]Back to my Clinch Mountain home [00:59.76]Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee [01:05.21]Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee [01:10.17]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee [01:13.34]Oh, my mountain home [01:16.16] [01:17.32]I folded my arms around her [01:19.43]Leaned her head against my breast [01:21.63]I told her I would wed her [01:23.94]When I came back from the west [01:26.03]Back to my Clinch Mountain home [01:30.91]In my hand I hold a picture [01:33.07]Of the old home far away [01:35.33]In the other one my sweetheart [01:37.57]I'm thinking of today [01:39.48]On the sunny mountainside [01:44.12]Carry me back to old Virginny [01:48.12]Back to my Clinch Mountain home [01:52.62]Carry me back to old Virginny [01:56.50]Back to my Clinch Mountain home [02:01.66]Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee [02:06.62]Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee [02:11.51]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee [02:14.42]Oh, my mountain home [02:17.93] [02:18.85]My mother's old and feeble [02:20.90]My father's getting gray [02:23.13]I'm going back to Virginia [02:25.38]And I expect to stay [02:27.30]At my old Clinch Mountain home [02:31.74]Carry me back to old Virginny [02:35.65]Back to my Clinch Mountain home [02:40.13]Carry me back to old Virginny [02:44.03]Back to my Clinch Mountain home [02:48.87]Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee [02:54.02]Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee [02:58.75]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee [03:01.72]Oh, my mountain home [03:04.82]