Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Lyrics

James A. Bland, arr. Ray Charles
Intro: G7
Carry me back to old Virginny.
C E F F#o
There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow.
That's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.
C E F F#o
That's where this heart of mine, longs to go.
Carry me back to old Virginny,
C E F F#o
There let me live till I wither and decay.
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered,
C E F F#o
That's where this life of mine will pass away.
Mother and father have gone before me,
C E F F#o
Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore.
There we'll be happy and free from all sorrow,
C E F F#o
And there we'll meet, and part no more.
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