In the Valley of the Shenandoah - Carter Family

As I sit alone tonight in the stillness of the night

I picture happy scenes of long ago

Of a maiden fair and bright who is seeping there tonight

In the valley of the Shenandoah Ridge

It was in the month of June when the roses were in bloom

When I held her in my arms and softly said

«Darling, in the coming spring I’ll be coming back again

To the valley of the Shenandoah Ridge»

When I left her all alone in her Shenandoah home

She promised she’d be waiting there for me

But the angels came along and took her from our home

From the valley of the Shenandoah Ridge

When the evening shadows fall, in memory I recall

The pledge when I gave to her a ring

«Darling in the coming spring I’ll be coming back again

To the valley of the Shenandoah Ridge»