And that was the clincher, George. A search with the composer's name turned up a link with the lyrics. (And I believe the song is based on a true story.)

Geez, this mystery didn't even last until the day people got up and got involved!   :-)

Bluestone Mountain
Mark "Brink" Brinkman   1999

BLUESTONE MOUNTAIN
(Mark Brinkman)

verse:
If you travel through the hills of West Virginia
Down to where the Greenbriar winds
Turn your ear toward Bluestone Mountain
And you just might hear the sound of a young girl cryin'

chorus:
Some say it's the wind through the canyon
As it blows a lonesome sound through the pines
Some say it's the sound of the river
But I say it's just Cora Jones a'cryin'

Cora lived alone on Bluestone Mountain
With a little blond-haired boy there by her side
The bloody civil war made her a widow
And little Jacob was her life-blood and her pride

Sometimes I wonder if God watches
And sometimes life can turn in cruel ways
'Cause on a cold autumn day in late October
Little Jacob wandered in Scott Hollow Cave

Now the caves of West Virginia run forever
A maze of black ribbon through the ground
Cora went to search for little Jacob
Neither Jake or Cora would be found

So, if you travel through the hills of West Virginia
Down to where the Greenbriar winds
Turn your ear toward Bluestone Mountain
And you just might hear the sound of a young girl cryin'