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Thread #16404 Message #3523966
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
07-Jun-13 - 07:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
Subject: ADD: My Own True Love
MY OWN TRUE LOVE
1. My home's in the state of North Carolina, My home's in the state of North Carolina, My home's in the state of North Carolina, my true love, An' I never expect to see you any more. 2. I'm goin' off to the state of North Carolina, I'm goin' off to the state of North Carolina, I'm goin' off to the state of North Ccarolina, my true love, An' I never expect to see you any more. 3. Oh, whar's the finger ring I gave you, Oh, whar's the finger ring I gave you, Oh, whar's that finger ring I gave you, my true love, For I never expect to see you any more. 4 Now wear it on your right hand, my true love, Now wear it on your right hand, my true love, Now wear it on your right hand, my true love, For I never expect to see you any more.
Louise Bascomb coll., Ballads and Songs of Western North Carolina. JAFL 1909. Apr.-June. p. 245.