The lyrics below are from the sheet music at York University. You can hear the recording by Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison (Robison using the pseudonym Charlie Wells) at the Internet Archive.


MY BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN HOME
Words and music by Carson J. Robison, ©1927.

VERSE: I never thought that I could be so sad
Till I left my mountain home,
But the time is a-comin’ when I’ll be so glad
And I nevermore will roam,
For I’ve learned a lesson that I won’t forget
Wherever I may be,
And oh! how I’m longin’ for the folks back home
For they mean more than all the world to me.

CHORUS 1: When the moon goes to shinin’,
Then my heart goes to pinin’
For my Blue Ridge Mountain home,
With the pine trees a-swayin’
And the hound dogs a-bayin’;
That is where I long to roam.
When the sun comes a-beamin’,
Then I start in to dreamin’
Of a place where flowers bloom.
When I get back again,
I’m goin’ to live till the end
In my Blue Ridge Mountain home.

CHORUS 2: When the stars go to winkin’,
Then I start in to thinkin’
Of the girl I left behind,
And I keep on a-strayin’
While I know she is prayin’
That I’m comin’ back some time.
With the old fiddle singin’,
I will soon be a-swingin’
To the tune of Home Sweet Home,
For I know she’ll be waitin’
By the old garden gate in
My Blue Ridge Mountain home.

[Dalhart and Robison end with this half-chorus which is not in the sheet music:]

Oh, my dad and my mother
And my cute little brother
They will welcome me back home;
And I know they’ll be happy
When I climb up the hill
To my Blue Ridge Mountain home.

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According to this discography, Dalhart recorded this song at least 6 times in 1927-28, with and without Robison. I haven’t listened to them all.

Others who recorded it:
B. A. Rolfe and Palais D'Or Orchestra, 1928.
Charles Kaley Orchestra, 1928.
Jeff Calhoun and Bob Andrews (pseudonyms for Dalhart and Robison), 1928.
Mack Allen and The Harmonians (pseudonyms for Vernon Dalhart and Ben Selvin’s Orchestra), 1928.