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[Verse 1]
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Far away on a hill   to a sunny mountain side
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Many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I 
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From the sunny mountain side

[Verse 2] 
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She clung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part
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She said don't go my darling it almost breaks my heart
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To think of you so far apart

[Chorus]
         C              G             D7                 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
         C              G             D7              G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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I fold my arms around her leaned her head upon my breast
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I told her I would wed her when I came back from the west
      D7                  G
At my old Clinch mountain home

[Verse 4]
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In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away 
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In the other one my sweetheart I'm thinking of today
       D7             G
On the sunny mountain side

[Chorus]
         C              G             D7                 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
         C              G             D7              G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home

[Instrumental] 
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[Verse 5]
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My mother's old and feeble my father's getting gray
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I'm going back to Virginia and I expect to stay
      D7                  G
At my old Clinch mountain home

[Chorus]
         C              G             D7                 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
         C              G             D7              G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home