For the sake of completeness, here's the Carter Family version Q linked to. It's on one of the two JSP Carter Family CD collections. You can't beat the price - about $25 for each five-CD set.
-Joe Offer-
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MY HOME'S ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
My home's across the Blue Ridge mountains
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
For I never expect to see you anymore
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
How can I keep from crying
How can I keep from crying
How can I keep from crying
For I never expect to see you anymore
My home's across the Blue Ridge mountains
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
For I never expect to see you anymore
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Oh, how I hate to leave you
Oh, how I hate to leave you
Oh, how I hate to leave you
For I never expect to see you anymore
My home's across the Blue Ridge mountains
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
For I never expect to see you anymore
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
Good-bye, my little darling
Good-bye, my little darling
Good-bye, my little darling
For I never expect to see you anymore
Traditional Ballad Index entry:My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
DESCRIPTION: "I'm going back to North Carolina (x3), I never expect to see you any more." Repeat with "I'm going to leave here Monday morning," "How can I ever keep from crying," "I'm going across the Blue Ridge Mountains."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (JAFL)
KEYWORDS: love home separation farewell nonballad parting
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Warner 124, "I'm Goin' Back to North Carolina" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber-FSWB, p. 42, "My Home's Across The Smokey Mountains" (1 text)
BrownIII 278, "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" (1 text plus a fragment)
DT, HOMSMOK
Roud #7686
RECORDINGS:
Clarence Ashley, Garley Foster, Dock Walsh & Doc Watson, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (on Ashley03, WatsonAshley01)
Carolina Tar Heels, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Victor V-40100, 1929)
Carter Family, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Decca 5532, 1938/Decca X2184, n.d.)
Delmore Brothers, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Bluebird B-8247, 1939)
Kelly Harrell, "I'm Going Back to North Carolina" (OKeh 40505, 1925; on KHarrell01)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" (AAFS 3155 B2)
Poplin Family, "My Home Is Not In South Carolina" (on Poplin01)
Pete Seeger, "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" (on PeteSeeger25)
Arthur Smith, "Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Bluebird B-7221, 1937)
Jack Wallin, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (on Wallins1)
File: Wa124Go to the Ballad Search form
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DADGBE, be sure to note the Frank Proffitt recording - on Folk-Legacy album #1. Proffitt's lyrics are unusual - His version is called "I'm Going Back to North Carolina." You DO have this album, don't you? (It's like a trip to heaven to hear DADGBE play his Frank Proffitt fretless banjo.)
-Joe Offer-