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East Virginia lyrics

I was born and raised in East Virginia
North Carolina I did go
Where I met a fair young maiden
Her name and age I do not know
Her hair was a lightsome color
Her lips a rosy red
On her breast she wore white flowers
Where I longed to lay my head
I rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun refused to shine
Than to see you be another man's woman
And to know you'd never be mine
I was born in East Virginia
North Carolina I did go
Where I met a fair young maiden
Her name and age I still don't know

Part of these releases

- Track 9 on Waist Deep in the Big Muddy & Other Love Songs
- 8 Over the Hills
- 10 My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage

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Pete Seeger - "East Virginia": This video features Pete Seeger's "East Virginia" from the 1993 album "Darling Corey/Goofing-Off Suite" on Smithsonian Folkways. For more information about t... (video from YouTube)

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