The Carter Family - Don't Forget This Song lyrics

[Verse] 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 shining bright And with an ugly dagger I made the spirits fly To friends I bid adieu To parents I bid farewell I landed in Chicago In the very midst of hell While I was in the sober it 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 I'm upon my scaffold My time's not very long You may forget the singer But don't forget this song