'Mid the green fields of Virginny in the vale of Shenandoah There's an ivy covered homestead that I love With its white old fashioned chimney and its simple homelike airs 'Tis the home of my dear parents now above There's a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear My heart is longing for them day by day Where I spent life's golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah 'Mid the green fields of Virginny far away 'Mid the green fields of Virginny stands an old mill by the stream I would wander to that spot to sing and play And how often I would throw a stone into the babbling brook I would dream some day it'll carry me away There's a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear My heart is longing for them day by day Where I spent life's golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah 'Mid the green fields of Virginny far away There's a peaceful cottage there, a happy home so dear My heart is longing for them day by day Where I spent life's golden hours in the vale of Shenandoah 'Mid the green fields of Virginny far away