My Clinch Mountain Home

G G Far away on a hill to a sunny mountain side C G Many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I D7 G From the sunny mountain side G She clung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part C G She said don't go my darling it almost breaks my heart D7 G To think of you so far apart C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home G C G D7 G G I fold my arms around her leaned her head upon my breast C G I told her I would wed her when I came back from the west D7 G At my old Clinch mountain home G In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away C G In the other one my sweetheart I'm thinking of today D7 G On the sunny mountain side C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home G C G D7 G G My mother's old and feeble my father's getting gray C G I'm going back to Virginia and I expect to stay D7 G At my old Clinch mountain home C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home C G D7 G Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home