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Old Virginia

by David Wade Evans

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This song is my own accompanied arrangement of an old mountain ballad I first heard from a recording of Lee Monroe Presnell on one of those old Warner Collection records.

I've sung it for years unaccompanied but only recently decided to arrange it for my 5-string banjo. I'm playing in double-C tuning.

Lyrically I've always thought this was a great classic love song as well as digging the connection to Virginia since I used to live there.

lyrics

Once I lived in old Virginia,
North Carolina was my home.
There I courted a handsome lady.
Oh, I called her my own.

Her hair was yellow and her eyes they sparkled,
and on each cheek was a diamond red.
On her breast she wore a white lily.
Oh the tears that I have shed.

My Mother said that I must not marry.
My Father said that will never do.
But, oh kind miss if you are willing,
I will run away with you.

When I'm awake I'm a dreaming about you.
When I'm asleep I'll take no rest.
For every moment seems like an hour.
Oh the pain that lies in my breast.

Must I go to old Virginia.
Oh for your sake must I die?
Must I go sad broken hearted?
Oh darling say don't cry.

When that golden sun is shining,
on the top of Calvary.
It's sometimes love when you are thinking.
You must oft times think of me.

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released November 16, 2011
David Wade Evans - music, banjo, and vocals.

Traditional mountain ballad

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David Wade Evans Somerville, Massachusetts

David Wade Evans is currently based out of Somerville, MA and has been playing music for 20+ years. He has been playing the 5-string banjo for about 7 years or so and is totally in love with it!

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