The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16404 Message #1319021
Posted By: Joe Offer
06-Nov-04 - 03:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
Subject: ADD Version: I'm Going Over Rocky Mountain
And here's Brown #278B
I'm Going Over Rocky Mountain
I'm going over Rocky Mountain,
I'm going over Rocky Mountain,
I'm going over Rocky Mountain, my love,
And I will never see my darling any more.
Where is the finger ring I gave you,
Where is the finger ring I gave you,
Where is the finger ring I gave you, my love?
For I'll never see you, darling, any more.
Notes (from editor):
'I'm Going over Rocky Mountain.' Although the sheet on which it is written bears no contributor's name, there is no reason to question its genuineness. It was doubtless noted down by Dr. Brown from some one of his contributors and he neglected to record the name of his informant.
Tune version sung by Miss Mamie Mansfield at West Durham, North Carolina, in 1922 - not the same as the source of the lyrics text.