My Virginia Rose Is Blooming

My Virginia rose is blooming

She’s waiting there for me

In the hills of old Virginia

That’s where I long to be

She wears a winnin’ smile

And her loving eyes are blue

She’s won my heart forever

For she’s the girl that’s true

Beneath the scarlet maple

By the twinkling little spring

That’s where I bid her promise

And gave to her the ring

Springtime is approachin’

The birds and doves are here

They are singing so sweetly

But none can sing like her

It’s love that calls me to you

My rose that never fades

Or loses its crimson leaves of love

Love that’s perfect made

I long to see my darlin’

there in the mist of dew

With the diamond dewdrops all ‘round her

She’ll be a queen in the view

She’s a wild rose in the forest

A fairy in a dream

My darling’s in Virginia

11cr age is just sixteen

I’m a long, long ways from my darlin’

Just a little too far to be

My Virginia rose is blooming

She’s waiting there for me

Recorded 5/7/35 New York, NY