The Carter Family

In The Valley Of The Shenandoah

The Carter Family


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    As we sit alone tonight in the stillness of the night,
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    I picture happy scenes of long ago,

    of a maiden fair and bright who is  sleeping there tonight
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    in the valley of the Shenandoah ridge.

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It was in the month of June, when the roses were in bloom,
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when I held her in my arms and softly sa…id,
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“Darling, in the coming spring I'll be coming back again
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to the valley of the Shenandoah ridge".

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    When I left her all alone in our Shenandoah home
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    she promised she'd be waiting there for me.

    But the angels came along and took her from our home
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    from the valley of the Shenandoah ridge.

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It was in the month of June, when the roses were in bloom,
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when I held her in my arms and softly sa…id,
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“Darling, in the coming spring I'll be coming back again
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to the valley of the Shenandoah ridge".

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    When the evening shadows fall in memory I recall
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    a pledge when I gave to her a ring:

    “Darling in the coming spring I'll be coming back again
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    to the valley of the Shenandoah ridge.

        A              A7             D
It was in the month of June, when the roses were in bloom,
        G              D              A A7
when I held her in my arms and softly sa…id,
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“Darling, in the coming spring I'll be coming back again
                       A        D
to the valley of the Shenandoah ridge".