I WANNA GO BACK TO WEST VIRGINIA
(Bill Crago / Grace Shannon)

Spike Jones & his City Slickers - 1942
(Vocal: Del Porter & The Boys in the Back Room)

Also recorded by: Eddie Cantor


I wanna go back to West Virginia
I wanna go back to the one I love
Where the skies are blue and the birds sing too
Take me back to West Virginia

They took me away from West Virginia
They took me away from my home sweet home
Where the friends I knew were so kind and true
Take me back to West Virginia

Where the fields are filled with clover
And the mountains reach the sky
Where the flowers bloom all over
Till they make you wanna cry

I wanna go back to West Virginia
I wanna go back to the one I love
When the world is free that's the place for me
Take me back to West Virginia.

(Musical Break)

I wanna go back to West Virginia
I wanna go back to the one I love
Where the skies are blue and the birds sing too
Take me back to West Virginia

They took me away from West Virginia
They took me away from my home sweet home
Where the friends I knew were so kind and true
Take me back to West Virginia

Where the fields are filled with clover
And the mountains reach the sky
Where the flowers bloom all over
Till they make you wanna cry

I wanna go back to West Virginia
I wanna go back to the one I love
When the world is free that's the place for me
Take me back to West Virginia.


(Contributed/Transcribed by Bill Huntley - October 2005)