Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Ray Charles
Intro: Carry me back to old Virginny. There’s where the cotton and corn and taters grow. A- That’s where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time. That’s where this heart of mine longs to go. Carry me back to old Virginny There let me live till I wither and decay. A- Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered That’s where this life of mine will pass away. Mother and father have gone before me Soon we will meet on that bright and golden shore. A- There we’ll be happy and free from all sorrow And there we’ll meet and part no more. ***Now I know the meaning of the phrase "Virginia is for lovers." I’ve fallen head over heels for the state.***