A popular song from 1927
Words and music by Carson J. Robison
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I never thought that I could be so sad
Till I left my mountain home
But the time is a comin’
When I’ll be so glad
And I never more will roam
For I’ve learned a lesson that I won’t forget
Where ever I may be
And oh! how I’m longing for the folks back home
For they mean more than all the world to me
Refrain
When the moon goes to shinin’
Then my heart goes to pinin’
For my Blue Ridge mountain home
With the pine trees a-swayin’
And hound dogs a bayin’
That is where I long to roam
When the sun comes a beamin’
Then I start in to dreaming’
Of a place where flowers bloom
When I get back again
I’m going to live to the end
In my Blue Ridge mountain home
Refrain
When the stars go to winkin’
And I start in to thinkin’
Of the girl I left behind
And I keep on strayin’
While I know she is prayin’
That I’m coming back some time
With the old fiddle singin’
I will soon be a swingin’
To the tune of “Home Sweet Home.”
For I know she’ll waitin’
By the old garden gate
In my Blue Ridge mountain home