Mid the green fields of Virginia In the veil of Shanadoah There's an ivy covered homestead that I love With it's white old fashioned chimney And it's simple homelike hours Tis the home of my dear parents now above There's a peaceful cottage there A happy home so dear My heart is longing for them day by day Where I spent life's golden hours In the veil of Shanadoah Mid the green fields for Virginia far away Mid the green fields of Virginia Stands an old mill by the stream I once wondered to that spot to sing and play And how often I would throw the stone Into the pebbling brook I would dream someday it'd carry me away