Artist: Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys (Feat. Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley)
Song: White Dove
Album: The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus!
Time: 3/4
[INTRO]
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[VERSE]
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In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia
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There’s a place I love so well
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Where I spent many days of my childhood
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In the cabin where we loved to dwell
[CHORUS]
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White dove will mourn in sorrow, oh
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The willows will hang their heads
E E7 A
I’ll live my life in sorrow, oh
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Since mother and daddy are dead
[VERSE]
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We were all so happy there together
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In our peaceful little mountain home
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But the Savior needs angels up in heaven
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Now they sing around the great white throne
[CHORUS]
E E7 A
White dove will mourn in sorrow, oh
E B7 E
The willows will hang their heads
E E7 A
I’ll live my life in sorrow, oh
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Since mother and daddy are dead
[VERSE]
E E7 A
As the years roll by I often wonder
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Will we all be together someday
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And each night as I wander through the graveyard
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Darkness finds me where I kneel to pray
[CHORUS]
E E7 A
White dove will mourn in sorrow, oh
E B7 E
The willows will hang their heads
E E7 A
I’ll live my life in sorrow, oh
E B7 E
Since mother and daddy are dead