Where the Broad River Runs

I'm leavin' the lowlands, and this troubled life behind Workin' just to live another day I'll take to the mountains, across the Shenandoah Valley And in those Blue Ridge hills I'm bound to stay I'll build a little cabin, in the shadow of a mountain Where my love and I will settle down Livin' free and easy, as the autumn breeze relieves me You know that I'll make due or do without All I need is a fiddle and a loaded whiskey jar And a barefoot girl to help me still my mind Play a tune so sad and sweet, as the evenin' sun retreats Where the broad river runs into the night.