Can't you hear the night birds crying Can't you hear the lonesome dove Saying, "Won't you come back, darling To the only one you love Meet me out on the mountain Underneath the lonesome pine There we vowed we'd love each other Darling, say won't you be mine Pretty mountain laurels blooming Pretty wildwood flowers grow There we vowed we'd love each other In our childhood long ago Then I left my little darling Lord, I wandered for too long Many nights I longed to see her Now I'm on my way back home