The Carter Family — Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia lyrics

Lyrics

Mid the green fields of Virginia in the vale of Shenandoah
There’s an ivy covered homestead that I love
With its white old fashioned chimney and its simple homelike airs
This the home of my dear parents now above
There’s a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear
My heart is longing for them day by day
Where I spent life’s golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah
Mid the green fields of Virginia far away
Mid the green fields of Virginia stands an old mill by the stream
I would wander to that spot to sing and play
And how often I would throw a stone into the babbling brook
And dream some day it would carry be away