when i left old east virginia north carolina i did roam there i met a fair your maiden her virgin name i did not know her hair was darken colored and her cheeks were rosy red upon her breast she wore white lilies where i longed to lay my head i was just from east virginia with a heart so brave and cruel and i learned to love this maiden with the eyes of heavenly blue in my heart she was my darling at my door she was welcome in at my gate i always leave her she was the girl i tried to win then one day she packed her suitcase told me she was goin away i followed her down so the station said my darling won t you stay i d rather be in some dark hollow where the sun don t ever shine for you to be another man s darling and i know you ll never be mine she got aboard that train and left me i m nothing now the trouble i see there will be no more pleasure in this whole wide world for me