Way back up in the pines
 It's where I hold the sweetest memories
 In the hills of Caroline

 My daddy wasn't much of nothin'
 He spent his life doin' time
 Mama learned me about Jesus
 In the hills of Caroline

 I met a girl her name was Hattie
 Fair and tender, sweet and kind
 She showed me how to love a woman
 In the hills of Caroline

 I always thought that we would marry
 One sweet day she would be mine
 But Hattie's gone, to live with Jesus
 In the hills of Caroline

 If I should die before tomorrow
 Just one request if you don't mind
 Just bury me right next to Hattie
 In the hills of Caroline
 Bury me right next to Hattie
 In the hills of Caroline