From the recording Songs & Music Available For Licensing
(A rootsy, buegrassy, song about a Chicora (Pee Dee) Indian girl named Evangline. Having met her while on vacation in the coastal town of Charleston, South Carolina, the teller of this tale falls head over heels in love with her and decides to leave his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to start a life with her in Charleston.)
EVANGELINE
(words & music by Grayson Hugh)
It's winter up on the mountain
ain't no money in the till
if it hadn't have been for Evangeline
I'd be hangin' round there still
stuck down in the holler
in that chicken shack
with no love to comfort me
now I ain't ever goin' back
Oh, Evangeline, Evangeline
prettiest girl I ever seen
she fell on me just like a dream
don't you know I love her
talkin' bout my Evangeline
oh yes I do, oh yeah
Well I left there in a hurry
I left that one horse town
packed my things in the middle of the night
as the snow was falling down
took the train to Charleston
to be with Evangeline
left the mountains for the ocean
where the grass is growing green
Oh, Evangeline, Evangeline
prettiest girl I ever seen
she fell on me just like a dream
don't you know I love her
talkin' bout my Evangeline
oh yes I do, oh yeah
Oh it's winter up on the mountain
no money in the till
if it hadn't've been for that woman
I'd be hangin' round there still
Oh, Evangeline, Evangeline
prettiest girl I ever seen
she feel on me just like a dream
don't you know I love her
talkin' bout my Evangeline
oh yes I do, oh yeah
Evangeline
talkin' bout Evangeline
sweet Chicora queen
Evangeline
my Evangeline
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