“My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains”

Description

"I'm going back to North Carolina (x3), I never expect to see you any more." Repeat with "I'm going to leave here Monday morning," "How can I ever keep from crying," "I'm going across the Blue Ridge Mountains."

Supplemental text

My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
  Complete text(s)

          *** A ***

I'm Goin' Back to North Carolina

From Anne Warner, Traditional American Folk Songs from the Anne &
Frank Warner Collection, #124, pp. 297-298. From the singing of
Frank Proffitt of North Carolina. Collected 1959.

I'm goin' back to North Car'lina,
I'm goin' back to North Car'lina,
I'm goin' back to North Car'lina,
I never expect to see you any more.

I'm going to leave here Monday morning,
I'm going to leave here Monday morning,
I'm going to leave here Monday morning,
I never expect to see you any more.

How can I ever keep from crying,
How can I ever keep from crying,
How can I ever keep from crying,
I never expect to see you any more.

I'm going across the Blue Ridge Mountains,
I'm going across the Blue Ridge Mountains,
I'm going across the Blue Ridge Mountains,
I never expect to see you any more.

          *** B ***

I'm Going Back to North Carolina

As recorded by Kelly Harrell, OKeh 40505, August 25, 1925.

I'm a-going to take a train in the morning,
I'm going to take a train in the morning,
I'm a-going to take a train in the morning,
For I never expect to see you any more.

I'm a-going to cross the Rocky Mountains,
I'm going to cross the Rocky Mountains,
I'm going to cross the Rocky Mountains,
For I never expect to see you any more.

I'm going back to North Carolina,
I'm going back to North Carolina,
I'm going back to North Carolina,
Lord, I never expect to see you any more.

How she cried when Moxie left her,
How she cried when Moxie left her,
How she cried when Moxie left her,
For she never expects to see him any more.

One sweet kiss and I must leave you,
One sweet kiss and I must leave you,
One sweet kiss and I must leave you,
For I never expect to see you any more.

I'm a-going to spend my days with my momma,
I'm going to spend my days with my momma,
I'm going to spend my days with my momma,
Lord, I never expect to see you any more.

Recordings

• Clarence Ashley, Garley Foster, Dock Walsh & Doc Watson, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (on Ashley03, WatsonAshley01)
• Frank Bode, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (on FBode1)
• Carolina Tar Heels, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Victor V-40100, 1929)
• Carter Family, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Decca 5532, 1938/Decca X2184, n.d.)
• Delmore Brothers, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Bluebird B-8247, 1939)
• Kelly Harrell, "I'm Going Back to North Carolina" (OKeh 40505, 1925; on KHarrell01)
• Bascom Lamar Lunsford, "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" (AAFS 3155 B2)
• Poplin Family, "My Home Is Not In South Carolina" (on Poplin01)
• Pete Seeger, "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" (on PeteSeeger25)
• Arthur Smith, "Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (Bluebird B-7221, 1937)
• Jack Wallin, "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" (on Wallins1)

References

1. Warner 124, "I'm Goin' Back to North Carolina" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Silber-FSWB, p. 42, "My Home's Across The Smokey Mountains" (1 text)
3. BrownIII 278, "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" (1 text plus a fragment)
4. DT, HOMSMOK
5. ST Wa124 (Full)
6. Roud #7686
7. BI, Wa124