RAISED A BLUE RIDGE SON IN OL' VIRGINIA
IN A LITTLE MOUNTAIN TOWN NEAR OTTER CREEK
NEVER GIVING THOUGHT TO ANOTHER HOME PLACE
LOVE VIRGINIA SOIL BENEATH MY FEET

LOGGING WAS A MEANS FOR OUR SURVIVAL
IT WAS EITHER THAT OR WORKING IN THE MINES
WE FOUND COMFORT SINGING OLD TIME MUSIC
MOMA READING THE BIBLE EVERY NIGHT

SO LAY ME DOWN WHEN I DIE AMONG VIRGINIA BACK ROADS
BURY ME NEAR THE GRAVES OF MY BLUE RIDGE FRIENDS
IN THE MIDST OF THE WILD AND FRAGRANT FLOWER JASAMINE
CAST MY MEMORY TO THE AGES AND MY SOUL TO THE WIND

YEARS AGO MY FOLKS WERE CALLED UP YONDER
TO THAT MANSION GOD PREPARED FOR THEM ON HIGH
ON HIS PROMISE THAT THE CIRCLE WON'T BE BROKEN
MEANS I'LL JOIN THEM IN THE SWEET BY AND BY

SO LAY ME DOWN WHEN I DIE AMONG VIRGINIA BACK ROADS
BURY ME NEAR THE GRAVES OF MY BLUE RIDGE FRIENDS
IN THE MIDST OF THE WILD AND FRAGRANT FLOWER JASAMINE
CAST MY MEMORY TO THE AGES AND MY SOUL TO THE WIND

SO LAY ME DOWN WHEN I DIE AMONG VIRGINIA BACK ROADS
BURY ME NEAR THE GRAVES OF MY BLUE RIDGE FRIENDS
IN THE MIDST OF THE WILD AND FRAGRANT FLOWER JASAMINE
CAST MY MEMORY TO THE AGES AND MY SOUL TO THE WIND