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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley
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I was born in East Virginia
North Carolina I did go
There I met the fairest maiden
Her name and age I did not know
I don't want the greenback dollar
I don't want the big silver chain
All I want is your love darling
Won't you please come back again
Last night I seen you walking
With another by your side
And I thought I heard you tell him
That soon you'd be his bride
Well her hair was dark in color
And her cheeks were rosy red
On her breast she wore a white lily
Where I longed to lay my head
I rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun refused to shine
Than to see you with another
When you promised to be mine
Written by: Ramblin' Jack Elliott

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