Biography:
The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.
The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.; 1891-1960), his wife, Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp and guitar; 1898-1979), and Maybelle Addington Carter (guitar; 1909-1978). Maybelle Carter (later popularly known as Mother Maybelle Carter) was married to A.
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The Carter Family My Clinch Mountain Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbChrk8Vs64 at 39:01
Recorded in 1935 by the original Carter Family
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
Far away on a hill to a sunny mountain side
C G
Many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I
D7 G
From the sunny mountain side
[Verse 2]
G
She clung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part
C G
She said don't go my darling it almost breaks my heart
D7 G
To think of you so far apart
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home
[Instrumental]
G C G D7 G
[Verse 3]
G
I fold my arms around her leaned her head upon my breast
C G
I told her I would wed her when I came back from the west
D7 G
At my old Clinch mountain home
[Verse 4]
G
In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away
C G
In the other one my sweetheart I'm thinking of today
D7 G
On the sunny mountain side
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home
[Instrumental]
G C G D7 G
[Verse 5]
G
My mother's old and feeble my father's getting gray
C G
I'm going back to Virginia and I expect to stay
D7 G
At my old Clinch mountain home
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbChrk8Vs64 at 39:01
Recorded in 1935 by the original Carter Family
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
Far away on a hill to a sunny mountain side
C G
Many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I
D7 G
From the sunny mountain side
[Verse 2]
G
She clung to me and trembled, when I told her we must part
C G
She said don't go my darling it almost breaks my heart
D7 G
To think of you so far apart
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home
[Instrumental]
G C G D7 G
[Verse 3]
G
I fold my arms around her leaned her head upon my breast
C G
I told her I would wed her when I came back from the west
D7 G
At my old Clinch mountain home
[Verse 4]
G
In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away
C G
In the other one my sweetheart I'm thinking of today
D7 G
On the sunny mountain side
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home
[Instrumental]
G C G D7 G
[Verse 5]
G
My mother's old and feeble my father's getting gray
C G
I'm going back to Virginia and I expect to stay
D7 G
At my old Clinch mountain home
[Chorus]
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my Clinch mountain home
C G D7 G
Carry me back to old Virginia back to my old mountain home
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