Green Rolling Hills

Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia

Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

Tho' the times are sad and dreary

I cannot linger here

They'll keep me and never let me go

My dad said, " Don't ever be a miner

For a mine's grave is all you'll ever owe"

There's hard times everywhere

I can find a dime to spare

These are the worst times I've ever known

So I'll move away into some crowded city

In some northern factory town, you'll find me there

Tho' I'll leave the past behind

I'll never change my mind

These troubled times are more than I can bear

Someday I'll go back to West Virginia

To those green rolling hills, I love so well

Oh some day I'll go home

When I know I'll right the wrong

These hard times will follow me no more

I cannot linger here

They'll keep me and never let me go