Kinfolks In Carolina (1980 Version)

I've got kinfolks in Carolina

That's the place to find my family tree

They're scattered from a little north of Georgia

To a little bit east of East Tennessee

But there's a little gal on top of Old Smoky

And she really ain't no kin to me at all

But I'm gonna buy her a weddin' ring

And get me a ticket on the New River train

And make her my closest kinfolks, after all

I've got kinfolks in Carolina

Aunt Mollie lives in Raleigh, N.C

I've got cousins by the dozens down in Charlotte

And my grandpa fought with Robert E. Lee

But there's a little lump of sugar up in Asheville

With a soothin' sort of a little southern drawl

I'll tie the knot with my southern belle

And tell all the world with a rebel yell

She'll be my closest kinfolks, after all

Well, I'm gonna buy her a weddin' ring

And get me a ticket on the New River train

And make her my closest kinfolks, after all