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“East Virginia”, like “The Cuckoo”, is a perennial folk song with complex roots. Some of the verses can be traced back to 17th century England, others are “floating” ones, which can be found in other folk songs like “Man of constant sorrow” or “The Drowsy Sleepers”. One of the earliest printed version comes from Cecil Sharp’s collection of folk songs from the Appalachian mountains. One of the fourth version he collected was sung by Judy Baker in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1917, under the name “In Old Virginny”.

The song was also sung in another Kentucky county, Viper, by members of Jean Richie’s family. Jean remembered,”This beautiful family love song comes to me from my father, who used to slip off into the deep woods on Sundays with his young friends and play gourd fiddles.” The song was printed in 1955 in Ritchie’s book “Singing family of the Cumberlands”. In this version, the verse” I’d rather be on some dark, blue ocean” becomes “I’d rather be in some dark valley” and the valley would turn into a “hollow” in many other versions.

Also known as "Age of East Virginia", "Greenback Dollar", "What Have You Done" or "East Virginia Blues"

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