The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia

Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia

Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here

They'll keep me and never let me go.

My daddy said don't ever be a miner

or a miner's grave is all you'll ever own

There's hard times everywhere I can't find a dime to spare

These are the worst times I've ever known

So I'll move away into some crowded city

In some northern factory town you'll find me there

Though I'll leave the past behind 'll never change my mind

These troubled times are more than I can bear.

Someday I'll go back to West Virginia

To those green rolling hills I love so well

Oh someday I'll go home and I know I'll right the wrong

And these hard times will follow me no more.