Blue Ridge Mountain Blues When I was young and in my prime I've got the Blue Ridge Mountain blues I'm gonna stay right by my paw I've got the Blue Ridge Mountain blues I see a window with a light I've got the Blue Ridge Mountain blues
Bill Clifton
I left my home in Caroline
Now all I do is sit and pine
For all the folks I left behind
And I stand right here to say
My grip is packed to travel
And I'm scratching gravel
For that Blue Ridge far away
I'm gonna do right by my maw
I'll hang around the cabin door
No work or worry anymore
Want to see my old dog Tray
Gonna hunt the possums
Where the corn tops blossom
On that Blue Ridge far away
I see two heads of snowy white
I seem to hear them both recite:
Where is my wandering boy tonight?
And I stand right here to say
Every day I'm counting
Till I reach that mountain
For that Blue Ridge far away
