G Far away on the hill on a sunny mountain side,C G many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I,D G from the sunny mountain side.G She clung to me and trembled when I told her we must part,C G she said don't go my darling, it almost breaks my heartD G to think of you so far apart.C G D G Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my Clinch Mountain home.C G D G Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my old mountain home.D G D G C G D G Oh, my mountain home.G I fold my arms around her, lean her head upon my breast,C G I told her I would wed her when I come back from the West,D G at my old Clinch Mountain home.G In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away,C G in the other one my sweetheart I'm thinking of today,D G on the sunny mountain side.C G D G Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my Clinch Mountain home.C G D G Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my old mountain home.D G D G C G D G Oh, my mountain home.G My mother's old and feeble, my father's getting gray,C G I'm going back to Virginie, and I expect to stayD G at my old Clinch Mountain home.C G D G Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my Clinch Mountain home.C G D G Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my old mountain home.D G D G C G D G Oh, my mountain home.
My Clinch Mountain Home
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