Carry me back to old Virginny

Carry me back to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton
And the corn and taters grow,
There's where the birds
Warble sweet in the spring-time,
There's where the old darkey's
Heart am long'd to go.

There's where I labored
So hard for old Massa,
Day after day
In the field of yellow corn,
No place on earth
Do I love more sincerely
Than old Virginny,
The state where I was born.

Carry me back to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton
And the corn and taters grow,
There's where the birds
Warble sweet in the spring-time,
There's where the old darkey's
Heart am long'd to go.

Carry me back to old Virginny,
There let me live
Till I wither and decay,
Long by the Dismal Swamp
Have I wandered,
There's where this old darkey's
Life will pass away.

Massa and Missis
Have long gone before me,
Soon we will meet
On that bright and golden shore,
There we'll be happy
And free from all sorrow,
There's where we'll meet
And we'll never part no more.

Carry me back to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton
And the corn and taters grow,
There's where the birds
Warble sweet in the spring-time,
There's where the old darkey's
Heart am long'd to go.

James Bland

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