Darling Nellie Gray

There's a long green valley on the old Kentucky shore

Where I whiled the many happy hours away

A sittin' and a singin' by the little cottage door

Where live my darling, Nellie Gray.



Oh, my poor Nellie Gray they have taken you away

And I'll never see my darling anymore

I'm a sittin' by the river and I'm weeping all the day

For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore.



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When the moon had climbed the mountain

And the stars were shining to

Then I'd take my darling, Nellie Gray

And we'd float down the river in my little red canoe.

While my banjo I was sweetly played.



Oh, my poor Nellie Gray they have taken you away

And I'll never see my darling anymore

I'm a sittin' by the river and I'm weeping all the day

For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore...