My Clinch Mountain Home

Far away on a hill

To a sunny mountain side

Many years ago we parted

My little Ruth and I

From the sunny mountain side

She clung to me and trembled

When I told her we must part

She said, "Don't go my darling

It almost breaks my heart

To think of you, so far apart"

Carry me back to old Virginia

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginia

Back to my old mountain home

Oh, my mountain home

Folded my arms around her

Leaned her head upon my breast

I told her I would wed her

When I came back from the west

At my old Clinch Mountain home

In my hand I hold a picture

Of the old home far away

In the other one my sweetheart

I'm thinking of today

On the sunny mountain side

Carry me back to old Virginia

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginia

Back to my old mountain home

Oh, my mountain home

My mother's old and feeble

My father's getting gray

I'm going back to Virginia

And I expect to stay

At my old Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginia

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginia

Back to my old mountain home

Oh, my mountain home