[Verse 1]
Mid the green fields of Virginia in the vale of Shenandoah
There's an ivy covered homestead that I love
With its white old fashioned chimney and its simple homelike airs
This the home of my dear parents now above

[Chorus]
There's a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear
My heart is longing for them day by day
Where I spent life's golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah
Mid the green fields of Virginia far away

[Verse 2]
Mid the green fields of Virginia stands an old mill by the stream
I would wander to that spot to sing and play
And how often I would throw a stone into the babbling brook
And dream some day it would carry be away

[Chorus][x2]