Crooked Still - "Old Virginia" (Live from Cantab) [Official Audio]

This previously unreleased live recording of "Old Virginia" is from the very first Crooked Still concert at Cantab in Cambridge, MA on November 20, 2001.

It's included on the Shaken By A Low Sound (Deluxe) release out now along with other previously unreleased live recordings, the original album remastered, and reimagined song versions. It'll be available digitally everywhere and on limited edition double standard black and jungle vinyl. Order and listen now: https://crookedstill.ffm.to/shakendeluxe

Celebrate 15 years of Shaken By A Low Sound and the deluxe album release with a rebroadcast livestream of the band's performance at the 48th Telluride Bluegrass Festival from earlier this year. Tickets are on sale now and include an early listen + download of the remastered Shaken By A Low Sound album: https://crookedstill.ffm.to/telluride...

Photo: Jared Engel, Cantab, 2001

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LYRICS:
Once I lived in old Virginia
North Carolina was my home
There I courted a handsome lady

Oh I called her my own

Her hair was yellow
And her eyes were sparkling
And on her cheeks was a rosy red
And on her breast she wore white lilies
Oh the tears I have shed

My father said that I must not marry
My mother said, "That'll never do"
But, oh, kind miss, if you are willing
Oh, I would run away with you

'Cause when I'm awake
I’m dreaming about you
When I'm asleep I'll take no rest
Cause every moment seems like hours
Oh, and a pain lies in my breast

Oh, must I go to Old Virginia
All for your sake must I die
Must I go, sad, broken-hearted
Oh and darlin' say don't cry

When that golden sun is shining
On the top of calvary
It's sometimes lower than you are thinking
You must oft-times think of me