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Virginia Town Lyrics by Lorne Greene

Portrait of the West

1966

[Verse 1]
When I was in Virginia Town, in an old abandoned mine
I met a man of some renoun a ghost from another time
He told me how it felt to be a miner in the line
To swing that pick and make that sprite and see that silver shine (To swing that pick and make that strike and see that silver shine)
[Verse 2]
He made the west live again for me as the story he did unfold
Of the fast wild life that used to be in the land of silver and gold
When the silver dollar jumped at night would swept and sat at thе grime
And the bucket of blood had a roundhousе fight and drinks were a nugget or a dime
[Chorus]
When I was in Virginia Town I heard the story go
Of the vast wild life that used to be in the land of silver and gold
[Verse 3]
Now they're lying in their graves, the weeds grow all around high up on a windswept hill not too far from town
From A street to D street where Junior and the girls would play
The empty houses gaped their pass with echoes of yesterday
The gay and rockish shouts are gone, the iron has turned to rust
But the wind placed tricks upon my ears as a blow through streets of dust
Sometimes I think I hear them still the soft rustle of a gown
And phantom hoof beats on the wind swept hill not too far from town
[Chorus]
When I was in Virginia Town I heard the story go
Of the vast wild life that used to be in the land of silver and gold
(Land of silver and gold)
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Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

About “Virginia Town” by Lorne Greene

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"Virginia Town" is credited to Lorne Greene. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Virginia Town" appears on "Portrait of the West" in 1966.

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