Darling Nellie Gray

There's a low, river valley on the old Kentucky shore
 Where I've whiled many happy hours away,
 Just a sitting and a singing by the little cottage door
 Where lived my darling Nellie Gray
 Oh, my poor Nellie Gray, they have taken you away
 And I'll never see my darling, anymore
 I'm sitting by the river and a weeping all the day
 For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore
 When the moon had climbed the mountain, and the stars were shining too
 Then I'd take my darling Nellie Gray
 And we'd go floatin down the river in my little red canoe
 While my banjo is sweetly out of play
 Oh, my poor Nellie Gray, they have taken you away
 And I'll never see my darling, anymore
 I'm sitting by the river and a weeping all the day
 For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore
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 Now my canoe is under water, and my banjo is unstrung
 I am tired of living, anymore
 My eyes shall be cast downward, and my songs will be unsung
 While I stay on the old Kentucky shore
 Oh, my poor Nellie Gray, they have taken you away
 And I'll never see my darling, anymore
 I'm sitting by the river, and a weeping all the day
 For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore
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 Oh, my poor Nellie Gray, they have taken you away
 And I'll never see my darling, anymore
 I'm sitting by the river, and a weeping all the day
 For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore
 My eyes are getting blinded, and I cannot see my way
 I can hear someone knocking on my door
 I can hear the angels singing, and I see my Nellie Gray
 So farewell to the old Kentucky shore
 Oh my darling Nellie Gray, up in heaven there they say
 That they'll never take you from me any more
 I'm a coming, coming, as the angles clear the way
 Farewell to the old Kentucky shore.
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