A popular song from 1912.
Words by Gene Buck.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Did you ever have a feeling
Come into your heart a stealing
To go back to the place where you were raised
There’s a certain fascination
Clings about the old plantation
And the homestead where you spent your younger days
Where your pals were on the level
In their friendship you would revel
Where ev’ryone would greet you with a smile
I have been to Italy, England, Spain, and gay Paree
But Virginia’s got those places beat a mile
Chorus
I’m going back to old Virginia
Where I want to be
Where skies are blue and friends are true
And ev’rybody treats you as they ought to do
I long to see my dear old mammy
And all the folks so dear
So, I’m going back to old Virginia
A long, long ways from here
- Now old Broadway’s lights and places
With it’s shows and pretty faces
Is not what it is painted up to be
Yes, it may sound awful funny
But your best friend is your money
When it’s gone you’re like a shipwreck out at sea
Home sweet home is mighty cheery
When you’re all tired out and weary
You can take it from a person who’s been there
I have travelled all around
And yet I have never found
A place with old Virginia could compare
Sung here by Vancha March: