Joan Baez - East Virginia (Lyrics) [HD]

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Joan Baez sings the traditional song 'East Virginia' from her self-titled 1960 debut Vanguard album. The song lyrics are in the video and listed below.

Note: This video is a redo of the earlier video for this song with image changes and the lyrics presented in a different way.

[Vinyl/Lyrics/19-Images/WAV]

East Virginia

Singer - Joan Baez

I was born in East Virginia
North Carolina I did roam
There I met a fair pretty maiden
Her name and age I do not know

Her hair it was of a brightsome color
And her lips of a ruby-red
On her breast she wore white lilies
There I longed to lay my head

Well, in my heart you are my darling
At my door you're welcome in
At my gate I'll meet you my darling
If your love I could only win

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun refused to shine
Than to see you be another man's darling
And to know you'll never be mine

Well, in the night I'm dreaming 'bout you
In the day I find no rest
Just the thought of you my darling
Sends aching pains all through my breast

Well, when I'm dead and in my coffin
With my feet turned toward the sun
Come and sit beside me darling
Come and think on the way you done

Songwriter: Traditional, Arranger Joan C. Baez
© Downtown Music Publishing
[Lyrics from LyricFind]

Maynard Solomon writes in the album liner notes: This widely performed song undoubtedly owes its popularity to the haunting and mysterious opening verse, with its claim of historical authenticity and its foreboding of personal bereavement. The remaining verses are standard in many American songs of forsaken lovers.