I am from old east Virginia, North Carolina I did go There I met a fair pretty maiden, though her name I did not know Her hair was gold and curly, her cheeks were rosy red On her breast she wore white linen, there I longed to lay my head Rather be in some dark holler, where the sun don't ever shine Than to see you with some other, and to know you'll never be mine But I must leave old North Carolina, I must leave you all alone Gonna cross those Blue Ridge Mountains, east Kentucky will be my home When I was lost out on that mountain, wild dogs mournin' in the air I miss that gal from North Carolina, with those blue eyes and the golden hair When I'm asleep I dream about her, when I'm awake I see no rest Every moment seems like an hour, many a tear o'er her I've shed I have kept each of your letters, I hold them closely to my heart But this ring that you gave me darling, from my hand shall never part Captain, Captain I am dying, won't you take these words for me? Take 'em back to old east Virginia...tell my darlin' she is free.
Wow, thank you for listening! I've included a lot of info in the description box that you might be interested in. I am using Aquila Nylgut Minstrel Banjo strings. I am tuned to Sawmill, which is gDGCD. Your compliment really made my day, thank you.
@@chickenindoubleCof course I was just thinking your sound is so pure and it has all the feeling that I think defines this music at the core. I should have read the description! I have a minstrel tackhead banjo arriving in a couple weeks and this is one of the first tunes I’m going to learn. Love Clifton’s stuff too.
@@thecowboypreacher6568 Not at all! RU-vid does its best to hide descriptions nowadays--it's not you! Wow, that's so lovely of you, thank you. I'm so excited for you, I'm sure you'll love it! This is definitely an essential song and Clifton has a great tutorial on it! Let me know how it goes!
