There's a low green valley on the old kentucky shore

There i whiled many happy hours away

Just a sitting and a singing by the little cottage door

Where lived my darling nelly gray

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

Then i'd take my darling nelly gray

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

While my banjo sweetly i would play

Oh my poor nelly gray they have taken you away

And i'll never see my darling any more

I am sitting by the river and i'm weeping all the day

For you've gone from the old kentucky shore

My canoe is underwater and my banjo is unstrung

I'm so tired of living any more

My eyes shall look downward and my songs shall be unsung

While i stay on the old kentucky shore

My eyes are getting blinded and i cannot see my way

Hark there's somebody knocking at my door

I can hear the angels calling and i see my nelly gray

Farewell to the old kentucky shore

Oh my darling nelly gray up in heaven there they say

That they'll never take you from me anymore

I'm coming coming coming as the angels clear the way

Farewell to the old kentucky shore