East Virginia Blues-Lily May Ledford

East Virginia Blues-Lily May Ledford
Lily May Ledford, vocal and banjo in sawmill tuning

INTRO SOLO

I was born in East Virginia
North Carolina I did go
Fell in love with a fair young maiden
Her name I did not know

Her hair was dark brown curly
Her cheeks were rosy red
On her breast she wore a snow white lily
Thousand tears I know I shed

SOLO

I'll go up in some dark holler
I'll set up my moonshine still
I will sell you one old gallon
For one ten dollar bill

SOLO

When I'm dead and in my coffin
My pale face turned toward the sun
Won't you come and stand beside me
And think of what you've done?

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to think that you love some other
When you promised to be mine

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