Green Rolling Hills

Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia Are the neartest thing to heaven that I know Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here They'll keep me and never let me go My daddy said, "Don't ever be a miner For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own For the hard times everywhere, I can't find a dime to spare These are the worst times I've ever known" But the green rolling hills of West Virginia Are the neartest thing to heaven that I know Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here They'll keep me and never let me go So I'll move away into some crowded city To some northern factory town, you'll find me there Oh I'll leave the past behind, I'll never change my mind These troubled times are more than I can bear But the green rolling hills of West Virginia Are the neartest thing to heaven that I know Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here They'll keep me and never let me go But someday I'll go back to West Virginia To the green rolling hills I love so well Yes, someday I'll go home and I know I'll right the wrong These troubled times will follow me no more Yes, someday I'll go home and I know I'll right the wrong These troubled times will follow me no more