Mountain lady
Do you sit on your front porch
In the cool of the day?
Mountain lady
Did you think your kids
Would ever come back to stay?
Mountain lady
Does the columbine still twine
Around your door?
And did you ever get a rug
To cover the cracks
Where my diaper drug
On your wooden floor?
Oh, you Appalachian lady
Once I was your little baby
And you rocked me
In your homemade rocking chair
Since I heard the wild goose calling
I have done a lot of falling
Mountain lady
Someday I'll come to you there
Mountain lady
Does the country church bell ring
On Sunday morn?
Mountain lady
Do you still wear that old apron
Ragged and torn?
Mountain lady
On winter nights
Before our old fireplace
As you look into the flame
Do you ever call my name
And do you see my face?
Oh, you Appalachian lady
Once I was your little baby
And you rocked me
In your homemade rocking chair
Since I heard the wild goose calling
I have done a lot of falling
Mountain lady
Someday I'll come to you there
Mountain lady