North Carolina I did go

There I met a fair young lady

And her name I do not know

Oh, her hair was dark and curly

And her cheeks were rosy red

On her breast she wore white lilies

Where I long to lay my head

I don't want your greenback dollar

I don't want your watch and chain

All I want's your heart darling

Say you'll take me back again

The ocean's deep and I can't wade it

And I have no wings to fly

I'll just get me a blue eyed boatman

Or you'll row me over the tide

I'll go back to East Virginia

North Carolina ain't my home

I'll go back to East Virginia

Leaving North Carolinians alone