White Dove Lyrics - Electric Dirt - Levon Helm

In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia 

There's a place that I love so well 

Where I spent many days of my childhood 

In a cabin where we loved to dwell 

White dove will mourn in sorrow 

The willows will hang their heads 

I'll live my life in sorrow 

Since mother and daddy are dead 

We were all so happy there together 

In our peaceful little mountain home 

But the Savior needs angels up in heaven 

Now they sing 'round the great white throne 

White dove will mourn in sorrow 

The willows will hang their heads 

I'll live my life in sorrow 

Since mother and daddy are dead 

As the years roll by I often wonder 

If we will all be together someday 

And each night as I wander through the graveyard 

Darkness finds me as I kneel to pray 

White dove will mourn in sorrow 

The willows will hang their heads 

I'll live my life in sorrow 

Since mother and daddy are dead 

I'll live my life in sorrow 

Since mother and daddy are dead