In the valley of the Shenandoah       (Listen to sample)

 

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1. As we sit alone tonight in the stillness of the night,

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    I picture happy scenes of long ago,

 

    of a maiden fair and bright who is  sleeping there tonight

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    in the valley of the Shenandoah ridge.

 

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It was in the month of June, when the roses were in bloom,

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when I held her in my arms and softly sa…id,

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“Darling, in the coming spring I'll be coming back again

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to the valley of the Shenandoah ridge”.

 

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2. When I left her all alone in our Shenandoah home

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    she promised she'd be waiting there for me.

 

    But the angels came along and took her from our home

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    from the valley of the Shenandoah ridge.   + CHORUS

 

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3. When the evening shadows fall in memory I recall

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    a pledge when I gave to her a ring:

 

    “Darling in the coming spring I'll be coming back again

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    to the valley of the Shenandoah ridge.    + CHORUS

 

(capo 3rd)

 

    (The Carter Family)