Green Rolling HIlls

[Chorus: Emmylou Harris]

Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia

Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here

They'll keep me and never let me go

[Verse 1: Emmylou Harris]

My daddy said don't ever be a miner

For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own

'Cause the hard times everywhere

Can't find a dime to spare

These are the worst times I've ever known

[Chorus: Emmylou Harris & Fayssoux Starling]

But the green rolling hills of West Virginia

Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here

They'll keep me and never let me go

[Verse 2: Emmylou & Fayssoux, Fayssoux]

So I'll move away into some crowded city

In some northern factory town, you'll find me here

Though I'll leave the past behind

I'll never change my mind

These troubled times are more than I can bear

[Chorus: Emmylou & Fayssoux]

But the green rolling hills of West Virginia

Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here

They'll keep me and never let me go

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3: Emmylou Harris, Emmylou & Fayssoux]

But someday I'll go back to West Virginia

To the green rolling hills I love so well

Yes, someday I'll go home

And I know I'll right the wrong

These troubled times will follow me no more

[Outro: Emmylou & Fayssoux]

Yes someday I'll go home

And I know I'll right the wrong

These troubled times will follow me no more