Don't Forget This Song

My home's in old Virginia among the lovely hills

The memory of my birthplace lies in my bosom still

I did not like my fireside I did not like my home

I have a mind for rambling so far away from home

It was on one moonlight evening the stars were shinning bright

And with an ugly dagger I made the spirit fly

To friends I'll bid adieu to parents I'll bid farewell

I landed in Chicago in the very midst of hell

Twas then the sober struck me as plain as you can see

I'm doomed I'm ruined forever throughout eternity

I courted a fair young lady her name I will not tell

Oh why should I disgrace her when I am doomed for hell

But now upon my scaffold my time's not very long

You may forget the singer but don't forget this song

Recorded 2/15/29 Camden, NJ
                5/9/35 New York, NY