The Carter Family My Clinch Mountain Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbChrk8Vs64 at 39:01 Recorded in 1935 by the original Carter Family Intro: G Verse 1: G Far away on a hill to a sunny mountain side C G Many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I D7 G From the sunny mountain side
Verse 2: G She clung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part C G She said don't go my darling it almost breaks my heart D7 G To think of you so far apart Chorus: C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home Instrumental: G C G D7 G Verse 3: G I fold my arms around her leaned her head upon my breast C G I told her I would wed her when I came back from the west D7 G At my old Clinch mountain home Verse 4: G In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away C G In the other one my sweetheart I'm thinking of today D7 G On the sunny mountain side Chorus: C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home Instrumental: G C G D7 G Verse 5: G My mother's old and feeble my father's getting gray C G I'm going back to Virginia and I expect to stay D7 G At my old Clinch mountain home Chorus: C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home C G D7 G
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