Darling Nellie Gray Lyrics - Eddy Arnold

There's a long green valley on the old Kentucky shore 

Where I whiled the many happy hours away 

A sittin' and a singin' by the little cottage door 

Where live my darling Nellie Gray 

Oh my poor Nellie Gray they have taken you away 

And I'll never see my darling anymore 

I'm a sittin' by the river and I'm weeping all the day 

For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore 

[ harmonica ] 

When the moon had climbed the mountain and the stars were shining too 

Then I'd take my darling Nellie Gray 

And we'd float down the river in my little red canoe 

While my banjo I would sweetly play 

Oh my poor Nellie Gray...