I was born in East Virginia

North Carolina, I did go

There I met the fairest maiden

Her name and age I did not know



Her hair it was a light brown color

Cheeks that were a ruby red

On her dress she wore white lilies

Where I long to lay my head



I was born in East Virginia

North Carolina, I did go

There I met the fairest maiden

Her name and age I did not know



Cotton doves know my sorrows

Cotton doves don't know my pain

Once they've courted one another

They never fly away again



I was born in East Virginia

North Carolina, I did go

There I met the fairest maiden

Her name and age I did not know

Her name and age I did not know