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    My home's in old Virginia among the lovely hills,
         C           G                      D     G
    the memory of my birthplace lies in my bosom still.

      G                            C               G
    I did not like my fireside, I did not like my home,
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    I have a mind for rambling so far away from home.

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    It was on one moonlight evening, the stars were shining bright,
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    and with an ugly dagger I made the spirit fly.

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            G                           C               G
    'Twas then the sober struck me as plain as you can see,
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    I'm doomed, I'm ruined forever, throughout eternity.

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    I courted a fair young lady, her name I will not tell,
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    oh, why should I disgrace her when I am doomed for hell.

         G                      C               G
    But now upon my scaffold my time's not very long,
         C             G                    D        G
    you may forget the singer but don't forget this song.

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