And you promised always to be true and to be kind
On that Shenandoah Hill where our love bloomed until
I went away and left those promises behind
But when I rise from the timberline and call your name will you remember mine
And the sweetest kiss will be the tie that binds
Like the wild wild rose and the columbine
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To that place I will go where the wildwood flowers grow
With a ribbon in my hair and a gown of calico
To those Shenadoah Hills I'll go back I swear I will
To the sweetest kiss my lips will ever know
And when I rise...
And when I rise...