East Virginia Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

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