Dolly Parton Lyrics
"My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy"

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(Dolly Parton)

From a shack by a mountain stream to a room in New Orleans
So far from my Blue Ridge mountain home
The men I meet, ain't warm and friendly like the one in old virginy
Oh, they ain't real, like my Blue Ridge mountain boy.

I was just a little past eighteen when I came to New Orleans
I'd never been beyond my home state line
There was a boy who loved me dearly but I broke his heart severely
When I left my Blue Ridge mountain boy.

Life was dull in my home town the lights were out when the sun went down
And I thought the city life was more my style
But nights get lonely waiting home and its easy to go wrong
The men ain't kind like my Blue Ridge mountain boy.

--- Instrumental ---

New Orleans held things in store, things I'd never bargained for
And every night a different man knocks on my door
But late at night when all is still I can hear a whiporwill
As I cry for my Blue Ridge mountain boy.

Oh, but I can ever go back home since the boy I love is gone
He grew tired of waiting for me to return
They say he married, last October but I never will get over
Oh, the sweet love of my Blue Ridge mountain boy.

Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, mmm...
This song is from the album "Heartbreak Express", "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy [RCA]", "A Real Live Dolly [RCA Victor]", "The Best of Dolly Parton [RCA Victor]", "Just the Way I Am [RCA Camden]", "I Wish I Felt This Way at Home [RCA Camden]", "Collector's Series [RCA Victor]", "Magic Moments with Dolly Parton", "Dolly Parton [Delta Records]", "Platinum & Gold Collection [BMG Heritage]", "Best Of The Best: Hall Of Fame 2000" and "The Tour Collection".