[Chorus: Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens]
The green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here
They'll keep me and never let me go

[Verse 1: Alice Gerrard with Hazel Dickens]
My daddy said, "Don't ever be a miner
For a miner's grave is all you'll ever own"
Oh, it's hard times everywhere
I can't find a dime to spare
These times are the worst I've еver known

[Chorus: Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens]
But the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Arе the nearest thing to heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here
They'll keep me and never let me go

[Verse 2: Alice Gerrard with Hazel Dickens]
So I'll move away into some crowded city
In some northern factory town, you'll find me there
Though I leave the past behind
I will never change my mind
These troubled times are more than I can bear
[Chorus: Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens]
But the green rolling hills of West Virginia
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
Though the times are sad and drear
And I cannot linger here
They'll keep me and never let me go

[Verse 3: Alice Gerrard with Hazel Dickens]
And someday, I'll go back to West Virginia
To the green rolling hills I love so well
Yes, someday I'll go home
And I know I'll right the wrongs
These troubled times will follow me no more
Yes, someday I'll go home
And I know I'll right the wrongs
And these troubled times will follow me no more