West Virginia

50%

Obama 

42%

McCain 

Oct 04

Oct 08

ARG Pollster

 

West Virginia, oh my Home

West Virginia, oh my home.
West Virginia, where I belong.
In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet I slip away like a bird
in flight
Back to those hills, the place that I call home.

It’s been years now since I left there
And this city life’s about got the best of me.
I can’t remember why I left so free what I wanted to do, what I wanted to see,
But I can sure remember where I come from.

Chorus—–

Well I paid the price for the leavin’
And this life I have is not one I thought I’d find.
Just let me live, love, let my cry, but when I go just let me die
Among the friends who’ll remember when I’m gone.

Chorus—–

Bridge:

Home, home, home. I can see it so clear in my mind.
Home, home, home. I can almost smell the honeysuckle vines.

Hazel Dickens

 

West Virginia is not my home.   It once was.  And we sang this song many a time.

I love its hills, its ways, and its people.

And I can’t describe how happy I am to see this on the printed page….