N-548
DOWN IN
VIRGINIA
The day dawns early and lasts so
long.
Down in Virginia.
The fertile
fields resound with
happy song.-
Down in Virginia.
Rich lands like these we long have
sought.
found
them not.
But now our dream is o'er all else
forgot.
And mourned
because
we
In fertile Old Virginia.
The crops are nowhere on earth so
sure
As in Virginia.
The water from her gushing spring
so pure
Down in Virginia.
peanuts
nowhere
grow
sweet,
And nowhere can early vegetables
be beat.
The summer and spring so closely
meet,
sO
Down in Virginia.
Nowhere
earth
woman's
smile so sweet
on
is
As in Virginia.
So bright and fair, so hard to beat,
As in Virginia.
The mountain breezes,
give her
a hue,
cheeks
Her natural
ways add grace
to
hearts so true.
And I often think as a bachelor I'll
sue
For a wife Down in Virginia.
W. D. Me.
