My Clinch Mountain Home

In the hills far away, on the sunny mountain side
Many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I
On that sunny mountain side

She clung to me and trembled, put her head upon my breast
I told her I would wed her when I came back from the West
To my old Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginia
Back to my old mountain home
Carry me back to old Virginia
Back to my Clinch Mountain home

She put her arms around me when I told her we must part
She said don't go my darling, it almost breaks my heart
To think of you, so far apart

In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away
In the other one my darling, I'm thinking of today
On that sunny mountain side

My mother's old and feeble and my father's getting gray
I'm going back to Virginia, and I expect to stay
At my old Clinch Mountain home