I left my home in Caroline

Now all I do is sit and pine

For all the folks I left behind

Chorus:

I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues

And I stand right here to say

My grip is packed to travel

And I'm scratching gravel

For that Blue ridge far away

I'm gonna stay right by my paw

I'm gonna do right by my maw

Lay around the cabin door

No work or worry anymore

Chorus:

I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues

Want to see my old dog Tray

Want to hunt the possums

Where the corn tops blossom

On that Blue Ridge far away

I see a window with a light

I see two heads of snowy white

It seems I can hear them both recite:

Where is my blue beard boy tonight?

Chorus:

I've got those Blue Ridge Mountain blues

And I stand right here to say

Every day I'm counting

Till I reach that mountain

In that Blue Ridge far away