Dont Forget This Song by The Carter Family Lyrics
[Verse]
My home's in old Virginia
Among the lovely hills
The memory of my birthplace
Lies in my bosom still
I did not like my fireside
I did not like my home
I have a mind for rambling
So far away from home
It was on one moonlight evening
The stars were shining bright
And with an ugly dagger
I made the spirits fly
To friends I bid adieu
To parents I bid farewell
I landed in Chicago
In the very midst of hell
While I was in the sober it struck me
As plain as you can see
I'm doomed, I'm ruined forever
Throughout eternity
I courted a fair young lady
Her name I will not tell
Oh, why should I disgrace her
When I am doomed for hell
But now I'm upon my scaffold
My time's not very long
You may forget the singer
But don't forget this song
My home's in old Virginia
Among the lovely hills
The memory of my birthplace
Lies in my bosom still
I did not like my fireside
I did not like my home
I have a mind for rambling
So far away from home
It was on one moonlight evening
The stars were shining bright
And with an ugly dagger
I made the spirits fly
To friends I bid adieu
To parents I bid farewell
I landed in Chicago
In the very midst of hell
While I was in the sober it struck me
As plain as you can see
I'm doomed, I'm ruined forever
Throughout eternity
I courted a fair young lady
Her name I will not tell
Oh, why should I disgrace her
When I am doomed for hell
But now I'm upon my scaffold
My time's not very long
You may forget the singer
But don't forget this song