I met Virginia two summers ago Up in them mountains, teachin school Oh Lord in a one room shack Teachin the children all she knew We spent a lot of hours together And one day she said she loved me for all time And I'm in love with my Virginia And I hope she don't change her mind. We took a trip to Montana Guess we were lookin for gold Never saw a trace of it But it was everywhere, we were told Worked in a mine for thirteen hours every day I took one look at my Virginia And knew she wasn't meant to live that way The goin' was rough, but she treated me so kind I'm in love with miss Virginia And I hope she don't change her mind Now we're back in Carolina Up in them Smokeys where we belong Never knew why we went away Can't understand why we were gone Been with her twenty years And all those years she made me feel so fine She still tells me that she loves me And I hope she don't change her mind Oh I hope she don't change her mind