In the shadow of Clinch Mountain
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1. I grew up on the side of Clinch Mountain,
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with the beauties and the
music of the woods,
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the sweet song of the bright
bubbling fountain,
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and the warble of the birds I
understood.
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When I've sung my last song in the evening,
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and the sun sets in the golden west,
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all the scenes of this world I'll be leaving,
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in the shadow of Clinch Mountain I will rest.
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2. Long ago said the oak and the cedar,
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singing deeply in a
whisper of the past,
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stood not then this great
towering leader,
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nor the fountain where the
crystal gems are cast.
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3. Then I asked how this green lofty mountain
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in the caldron the lonely
desert stood,
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said this song of the bright
sunny fountain,
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we were given by the waters of
the flood.
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4. Out that gate I have passed since my childhood,
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o'er the railway through the
tunnel to the west,
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singing songs of the Clinch
Mountain wildwood,
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songs that people found and
birds love the best.
Recorded 6/17/37 - New
York, NY
(The Carter Family)