George Gibson "East Virginia"
Added 2019-11-15 20:08:27 +0000 UTCEnough people have asked me about this song that I finally uploaded a recording of George doing it. This is from the 2018 Banjo Gathering concert at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, TN/VA. George's website http://banjohistory.com is a great resource.
(gDGCD, relative)
I am from old east Virginia
North Carolina I did go,
There I met a fair young lady
Lord her name & age I did not know.
O her hair was a dark brown curly
And her cheeks were of a rosy red,
On her breast she wore white linen
There I long for to lay my head.
On her feet she wore little slippers
In her hair she wore a bow,
How I love that fair young lady
No one shall ever know.
I'd rather be in some dark hollow
Where the sun don't never shine,
Than to see her with some other
And to know she'd never be mine.
I am from old east Virginia
North Carolina I did go.
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Comments
One of my fav songs. 'the outdoor plumbing co' - great name for band- do a brilliant version on the live at Mclure album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uAyEHjRYso
leo zinovieff
2019-11-16 18:04:22 +0000 UTCWow...just wow
Joanne Baum
2019-11-16 14:43:30 +0000 UTC
