My Clinch Mountain Home

[Verse 1] Far away on a hill to sunny mountain side Many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I From the sunny mountain side 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" [Chorus] Carry me back to old Virginia Back to my clinch mountain home Carry me back to old Virginia Back to my old mountain home [Verse 2] I fold my arms around her, leaned her head upon my breast I told her I would wed her when I came back from the west At my old 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 mountain side [Chorus] [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus]