My Clinch Mountain Home

Far away on the hills

To a sunny mountainside

Many years ago we parted

My little Ruth and I

From this sunny mountainside

She clung to me and trembled

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

Carry me back to old Virginny

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginny

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee

Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee

Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee

Oh, my mountain home

I folded my arms around her

Leaned her head against my breast

I told her I would wed her

When I came back from the west

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

In my hand I hold a picture

Of the old home far away

In the other one my sweetheart

I'm thinking of today

On the sunny mountainside

Carry me back to old Virginny

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginny

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee

Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee

Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee

Oh, my mountain home

My mother's old and feeble

My father's getting gray

I'm going back to Virginia

And I expect to stay

At my old Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginny

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Carry me back to old Virginny

Back to my Clinch Mountain home

Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lay-ee

Well, a-le-ho, le-ho-lee

Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee

Oh, my mountain home