Can't you hear the night birds crying

Can't you hear the lonesome dove

Saying, "Won't you come back, darling

To the only one you love



   Meet me out on the mountain

   Underneath the lonesome pine

   There we vowed we'd love each other

   Darling, say won't you be mine



Pretty mountain laurels blooming

Pretty wildwood flowers grow

There we vowed we'd love each other

In our childhood long ago



Then I left my little darling

Lord, I wandered for too long

Many nights I longed to see her

Now I'm on my way back home