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... light ; Oh ! Earth has no beauty so rare , No place that is dearer to me , Then give me so free and so fair , A home by the deep heaving sea . CHORUS - A home , a home , a home , etc. CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA . I. The floating IO.
... light ; Oh ! Earth has no beauty so rare , No place that is dearer to me , Then give me so free and so fair , A home by the deep heaving sea . CHORUS - A home , a home , a home , etc. CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA . I. The floating IO.
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... carry me back to old Virginny , To old Virginia's shore , Oh ! carry me back to old Virginny , To old Virginia's shore , II . If I was only young again I'd lead a different life , I'd save my money and buy a farm With Dinah for my wife ...
... carry me back to old Virginny , To old Virginia's shore , Oh ! carry me back to old Virginny , To old Virginia's shore , II . If I was only young again I'd lead a different life , I'd save my money and buy a farm With Dinah for my wife ...
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... carry all the bats— They nearly drove me crazy , They put me out in the " centre field , ” But I paralyzed them all . I put up my dukes to catch a “ fly , ” Holy murther ! it struck me in the eye , And they hung me on a fence to dry ...
... carry all the bats— They nearly drove me crazy , They put me out in the " centre field , ” But I paralyzed them all . I put up my dukes to catch a “ fly , ” Holy murther ! it struck me in the eye , And they hung me on a fence to dry ...
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