The REAL Virginia State Song..
In 1997, politically correct politics got into one of the finest tunes ever written. Written by a black man himself, the song was considered "racist", and "inappropriate" for Virginia. However, to me, it is and ALWAYS WILL BE her state song. Its a beautiful tune , sung in the old Southern folk tradition- a song mostly heard at minstrel shows. I have heard many songs pitched about Virginia in recent years. Frankly, they all fall short. Only Tom T. Hall's song can come close to the original spirit of this song. Here it is: Carry me back to old Virginny. There's where the cotton and corn and taters grow. There's where the birds warble sweet in the spring-time. There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go. There's where I labored so hard for old Massa, Day after day in the field of yellow corn; No place on earth do I love more sincerely Than old Virginny, the state where I was born. Carry me back to old Virginny. There's where th...