The Carter Family - My clinch mountain home
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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]
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[Verse 1]
Far aGway on a hill to a sunny mountain side
Many Cyears ago we parted, my little Ruth and GI
From the D7sunny mountain Gside
[Verse 2]
She Gclung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part
She Csaid don't go my darling it almost breaks my Gheart
To think of D7you so far apGart
[Chorus]
Carry me Cback to old VirGginia back to D7my Clinch mountain Ghome
Carry me Cback to old VirGginia back to D7my old mountain Ghome
[Instrumental]
G C G D7 G
[Verse 3]
I Gfold my arms around her leaned her head upon my breast
I Ctold her I would wed her when I came back from the Gwest
At my D7old Clinch mountain Ghome
[Verse 4]
In Gmy hand I hold a picture of the old home far away
In the Cother one my sweetheart I'm thinking of toGday
On the D7sunny mountain Gside
[Chorus]
Carry me Cback to old VirGginia back to D7my Clinch mountain Ghome
Carry me Cback to old VirGginia back to D7my old mountain Ghome
[Instrumental]
G C G D7 G
[Verse 5]
My Gmother's old and feeble my father's getting gray
I'm Cgoing back to Virginia and I expect to Gstay
At my D7old Clinch mountain Ghome
[Chorus]
Carry me Cback to old VirGginia back to D7my Clinch mountain Ghome
Carry me Cback to old VirGginia back to D7my old mountain Ghome