"My Virginia Rose Is Blooming" lyrics - THE CARTER FAMILY

My Virginia rose is blooming
She's waiting now for me
In the hills of old Virginia
Is where I long to be

She wears a winning smile
And her loving eyes are blue
She's won my heart forever
For she's a girl that's true

Beneath the scarlet maple
By the trickling little spring
Was where I made the promise
And gave to her the ring

Springtime is approaching
The birds and doves are here
They are singing so sweetly
But none can sing like her

It's love that calls you to me
My rose that never fades
And lose its crimson leaves of love
Love that's perfect made

I long to see my darling
There in the midst of dew
With the sparkling dewdrops all around her
She'll be a queen and a view

She's a wild rose in the forest
A fairy in a dream
My darling's in Virginia
Her age is just 16

It's a long long ways from my darling
Just a little too far to be
My Virginia rose is blooming
She's waiting now for me