Don’t forget this song    (Listen to sample)

 

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1. My home's in old Virginia among the lovely hills,

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    the memory of my birthplace lies in my bosom still.

 

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2. I did not like my fireside, I did not like my home,

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    I have a mind for rambling so far away from home.

 

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3. It was on one moonlight evening, the stars were shining bright,

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    and with an ugly dagger I made the spirit fly.

 

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4. ‘Twas then the sober struck me as plain as you can see,

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    I'm doomed, I'm ruined forever, throughout eternity.

 

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5. I courted a fair young lady, her name I will not tell,

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    oh, why should I disgrace her when I am doomed for hell.

 

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6. But now upon my scaffold my time's not very long,

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    you may forget the singer but don't forget this song.

 

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Recorded 2/15/29 Camden, NJ

 

(orig. = capo 1st)  (The Carter Family)