Reply #40: East Virginia [View All]

[Snow]

Here you go:
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden/East.html

This love song was also passed around by word of mouth, throughout the Appalachain Mountains for many years.I learned it at the Old Town School of Folk Music.
This recording was made in the late 50's at my home, 57 East Division Street, in Chicago. I used a Pentron reel to reel tape recorder running at 7 1/2 IPS.



East Virginia

I was born and raised in East Virginia
North Carolina I did roam
And there I met the fairest maiden
Her name and age I do not know
Her hair it was of a light brown color
Her cheeks they were of a rosy red
And on her breasts she wore white lilies
Where I long to lay my head

I'd rather be in some dark 'holler'
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to see he wed another
And to know that she's never be mine

I was born and raised in East Virginia
North Carolina I did roam
And there I met the fairest maiden
Her name and age I do not know

© 1998 McGuinn Music - Roger McGuinn