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Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Bland — , an African American who wrote over songs. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. This page was last edited on 15 September , at Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered, There's where this old darkey's life will pass away. Woodrum was in Congress, the House of Representatives couldn't adjourn until the honorable Democrat from Roanoke, Virginia with a rich and varied baritone voice led the body in a rendition of "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny]". I wanted to surprise the listener the same way, so I started off by extolling the virtue of war, then drawing off all that glory till the truth was revealed.

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Webarchive template wayback links Articles needing additional references from August All articles needing additional references. There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow. When I am dead and gone to roost, Lay de old tambo by my side, Let de possum and coon to my funeral go, For dey are my only pride; Den in soft repose, I'll take my sleep, Icms I'll varry for ever more, Dat you're carrying me back to ole Virginny, To ole Virginny shore.

August Learn how and when to remove this template message. A third reworded version was Virginia 's state song from untilusing the word "Virginia" instead of "Virginny. Retrieved from " https: Bland —an African American who wrote over songs.

Carry me back to old Virginny. The song was representative of the commonwealth in many ways. This page was last edited on 15 Septemberat Bland simply appropriated the song title. I wanted to surprise the listener the same way, so I started off by extolling the virtue of war, then drawing off all cary glory till the truth was revealed.

Bland's song bears no resemblance to it melodically, harmonically, or in the lyrics except that both songs are minstrel songs.

There we'll be happy oms free from all sorrow, There's where we'll meet and we'll never part no more. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

In Januarya state Senate panel voted to designate " Shenandoah " as the "interim official state song. Views Read Edit View history. Woodrum was in Congress, the House of Representatives couldn't adjourn until the honorable Democrat from Roanoke, Virginia with a rich cargy varied baritone voice led the body in a rendition of "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny]".

There's where the cotton and the corn and taters grow; There's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time.

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There's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The song has become controversial in modern times, with critics viewing the lyrics as racially insensitive. Long by the old Dismal Swamp have I wandered, There's where this old darkey's life will pass away. The song with "such a pleasurable melody and such discomfiting politics that it has fascinated bandleader Ketch Secor since he was a kid in Virginia" led him to write "Carry Me Back to Virginia," for the group's album.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Carry me back to old Virginny, There let me live till I wither and decay.

On de floating scow ob ole Virginny, I've worked from day to day, Raking among de oyster beds, To me it was but play; But now I'm old and feeble, An' my bones are getting sore, Den carry me back to ole Virginny To ole Virginny shore. I imagine their pride and valor as they marched up that hill and their shock as they heard the screams of the horses in the smoke.

That song came from a story I was told as a kid.

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

The latter song was very popular during the California gold rush and the American Civil War. Many parodies cxrry written on this melody and became popular with miners, Civil War soldiers and civilians. Archived from the bqck on From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. On January 28,the Virginia Senate voted to designate "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" as state song emeritus and a study committee initiated a contest for writing a new state song.

Bland's version, the best known, was written in when many newly-freed slaves were struggling to find work. There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go. Virginia United Daughters of the Confederacy.