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Joan Baez - East Virginia [HD]+

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Joan Baez sings the traditional song 'East Virginia' from her self-titled 1960 debut Vanguard album. The song lyrics are in the video and listed below.

Note: This video is a redo of the earlier video for this song with completely new images, lyrics in the video, and the WAV version of the song file used for best audio.

Maynard Solomon writes in the album liner notes: This widely performed song undoubtedly owes its popularity to the haunting and mysterious opening verse, with its claim of historical authenticity and its foreboding of personal bereavement. The remaining verses are standard in many American songs of forsaken lovers.

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East Virginia

Singer - Joan Baez

I was born in East Virginia 
North Carolina I did roam 
There I met a fair pretty maiden 
Her name and age I do not know 

Her hair it was of a brightsome color 
And her lips of a ruby-red 
On her breast she wore white lilies 
There I longed to lay my head 

Well, in my heart you are my darling 
At my door you're welcome in 
At my gate I'll meet you my darling 
If your love I could only win 

I'd rather be in some dark holler 
Where the sun refused to shine 
Than to see you be another man's darling 
And to know you'll never be mine 

Well, in the night I'm dreaming 'bout you 
In the day I find no rest 
Just the thought of you my darling 
Sends aching pains all through my breast 

Well, when I'm dead and in my coffin 
With my feet turned toward the sun 
Come and sit beside me darling 
Come and think on the way you done

Songwriters: Traditional, Arranger Joan C. Baez

© Downtown Music Publishing

[Lyrics from LyricFind]

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