kenobrien - Let Me Go To The Mountains (DEMO)

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kenobrien

Nov 07, 2025 05:41am

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Let me go to my home in the far distant West,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to the scenes of my childhood that I love the best,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">where the tall cedars wave and the bright waters flow,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to the seeds in the forest, white man, let me go.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Let me go to the mountains and the valleys so fair</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Where oftimes I'll breathe in my own mountain air</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And then to the forest with quiver and bow,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I'll chase all the wild deer, white man, let me go.</span></p><p>SOLO:</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Let me go to my home and my fair dark-haired maid</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Who taught me to love her 'neath the tall cedar's shade</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And whose heart like a lamb's is as pure as the snow</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And she loved her young Indian, white man, let me go.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So let me go, let me go to my far forest home</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And I promise again never more will I roam</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And there let my body in ashes lie low,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to the seeds in the forest, white man, let me go.</span></p>