It sue is cold here in Chicago The wind can cut you like a knife Another day, another dollar What a way to spend a life She was young and I was restless Left my home in Ole' Virginia And my Blue Ridge Mountain girl Chrous And I can see her standing by the window And there's nothing sadder in the world Than to see those green eyes, all red from crying On my Blue Ridge Mountain girl In my hands I hold a letter That says she made a pretty bride And as I lay here in the darkness She lays by another's side I've got money in my pockets Diamond rings that I wear But I'd trade them all this minute For the gold that's in her hair Chorus And I can see her standing by the window And there's nothing sadder in the world Than to see those green eyes, all red from crying Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl And I can see her standing by the window And there's nothing sadder in the world Than those green eyes, all red from crying On my Blue Ridge Mountain girl On my Blue Ridge Mountain girl