In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia There's a place that I love so dear
Where I spent many days of my childhood In the cabin where we loved to dwell
White doves will moan in sorrow The willows will hang their end
I'll lay my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead
We were all so happy there together In our peaceful little mountain home
But the Savior needs angels up in heaven And now they're singing around that great
White doves will moan in sorrow The willows will hang their end
I'll lay my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead
As the years roll by I often wonder If we will all be together some day
Each night as I wander through the graveyard Darkness finds me as I kneel to pray
White doves will moan in sorrow The willows will hang their end
I'll lay my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead
I'll lay my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead