songs you feel in your bones

But I must leave old North Carolina
I must leave you all alone,
I'm going across that Blue Ridge mountain
East Kentucky will be my home.

When I was lost out on the mountain
The wild dove mourning in the air,
I missed that gal from North Carolina
With dark brown eyes and coal black hair.

When I'm sleeping I dream about her
When I'm awake I see no rest,
Every moment seems like an hour
And many a tear I've shed o'r her.

I've 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 them back to east Virginia
Tell my darling she is free.

 
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