Dark Holler Blues

Dark Holler Blues-Clarence Ashley
Clarence Ashley, banjo and vocal

I was born in old Virginia
South Carolina I did go
There I courted a pretty little woman
But her age I did not know

Well, her hair was brown and curly
Oh, her cheeks was rosy red
On her breast she wore white lilies
Oh, the tears that I have shed

When I'm asleep I'm dreaming about you
When I wake I have no rest
Ever' moment seems like an hour
Oh, the pain soaks through my breast

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
For you to be some other man's darling
When you ain't no longer mine

Papa says I must not marry
Mama says it'll never do
But little girl, if you are willing
I will run away with you

For I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
For you to be some other man's darling
When you h'ain't no longer mine

When I'm asleep I'm dreaming about you
When I wake I have no rest
Ever' moment seems like an hour
Oh, the pain soaks through my breast

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