can t you hear the night birds crying can t you hear the lonesome dove saying won t you come back darling to the only one you love meet me out on the mountain underneath the lonesome pine there we vowed we d love each other darling say won t you be mine pretty mountain laurels blooming pretty wildwood flowers grow there we vowed we d love each other in our childhood long ago then i left my little darling lord i wandered for too long many nights i longed to see her now i m on my way back home