From the 2006 Album Gob Iron: Death Songs for the Living
The song is in 3/4 time with heavy use of slide guitar. It's fun to play by yourself on an acoustic, too.
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I was born in east Virginia
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North Carolina I did go
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Where I spied a fair young maiden
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And her name I did not know
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I don't want greenback dollars
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I don't want no silver chains
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All I want is your love darlin'
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Won't you take me back again
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Last night I saw you walkin'
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With another by yourside
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And I thought I heard you tell him
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That soon you'll be his bride
Chorus
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Her hair was dark in color
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Her cheeks were rosy red
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On her breast she wore white linen
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Where I longed to lay my head
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I'd rather be in some dark holler
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Where the sun refused to shine
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Than to see you with another
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When you promised you'd be mine
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