I've Got The Blue Ridge Blues 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3 Oct 2008
2008

You hear 'em brag about Georgia
where hospitality's fine.
You hear 'em praisin' California
with its wonderful clime
The plains and ocean
claim their devotion
each spot is like a garden of Eden
with it's mem'ries sublime.

But if you want my heart
to bust wide open
mention Blue Ridge Days,
just start me thinking
of my folks down yonder
and their Blue Ridge ways
where the sunsets
seem so mellow
and all the fields
are green and yellow
Golden Rod is rearin'
in the cabin clearin'
Smoke a trailing up the valley
Bacon's in the pan
Oh June I yearn to see the lovelight
in your Blue Ridge eyes.
I want to wander with you
up the pine trail
'neath the Blue Ridge skies
I want to see my Uncle Judd
and hear the latest news
and help 'em hide the liquor
from the snoopin' Revenues
Yea Bo you know
let's go thru the gap
I've got the Blue Ridge Blues.

But if you want my heart
to bust wide open
mention Blue Ridge Days,
just start me thinking
of my folks down yonder
and their Blue Ridge ways
where the sunsets
seem so mellow
and all the fields
are green and yellow
Golden Rod is rearin'
in the cabin clearin'
Smoke a trailing up the valley
Bacon's in the pan
Oh June I yearn to see the lovelight
in your Blue Ridge eyes.
I want to wander with you
up the pine trail
'neath the Blue Ridge skies
I want to see my Uncle Judd
and hear the latest news
and help 'em hide the liquor
from the snoopin' Revenues
Yea Bo you know
let's go thru the gap
I've got the Blue Ridge Blues.

I've spent my time along Broadway,
I've had my share of its wine,
You couldn't lose me in New Orleans
all its secrets are mine
and thoughts of bright lights
the city's night sights,
bring scenes that altho' mighty alluring
aren't the kind that will bind.

But if you want my heart
to bust wide open
mention Blue Ridge Days,
just start me thinking
of my folks down yonder
and their Blue Ridge ways
where the sunsets
seem so mellow
and all the fields
are green and yellow
Golden Rod is rearin'
in the cabin clearin'
Smoke a trailing up the valley
Bacon's in the pan
Oh June I yearn to see the lovelight
in your Blue Ridge eyes.
I want to wander with you
up the pine trail
'neath the Blue Ridge skies
I want to see my Uncle Judd
and hear the latest news
and help 'em hide the liquor
from the snoopin' Revenues
Yea Bo you know
let's go thru the gap
I've got the Blue Ridge Blues.

But if you want my heart
to bust wide open
mention Blue Ridge Days,
just start me thinking
of my folks down yonder
and their Blue Ridge ways
where the sunsets
seem so mellow
and all the fields
are green and yellow
Golden Rod is rearin'
in the cabin clearin'
Smoke a trailing up the valley
Bacon's in the pan
Oh June I yearn to see the lovelight
in your Blue Ridge eyes.
I want to wander with you
up the pine trail
'neath the Blue Ridge skies
I want to see my Uncle Judd
and hear the latest news
and help 'em hide the liquor
from the snoopin' Revenues
Yea Bo you know
let's go thru the gap
I've got the Blue Ridge Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
I've Got The Blue Ridge Blues 1918
Music by Chas.S.Cooke & Richard A.Whiting
Lyrics by Chas. A. Mason
© MCMXVIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - N.Y. & Detroit
*
sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 3 October 2008 at 14.49
in association with Veda Meyer-Casten
*