We Came to Sing!

" Many of Holly's fans would agree that her collaborative works are among her finest, and this 2009 release is no exception - it's stunningly beautiful. These artists - Holly, Pat Humphries and Sandy O - deliver some truly gorgeous arrangements on their 3-part harmonies, at times sounding like a full choir." ~Ladyslipper Music

9 - West Virginia Friend

Holly Near / © Hereford Music (ASCAP)

Holly writes: I wrote this song while teaching at the Augusta Heritage Center many years ago. The assignment to the songwriters attending my class was to write as if you were in someone else's shoes. I recorded this song with Trapezoid and John McCutcheon so that means the fabulous Freida Epstein sang the low part. She was killed in a car accident and we miss her so. It was very emotional for Pat to sing Freida's part on the recording.

I don't want to say goodbye to you
To think we may not ever meet again
Remember me, some day when you're lonely
And know you have a West Virginia Friend

I know you’re only passing through
I Knew it from the start
Sometimes there is love to spare
Inside this country heart
Now the rain upon the old barn roof
And your own North Dakota song
Will be a pleasant company
If only when you're gone

I don't want to say goodbye to you
To think we may not ever meet again
Remember me, some day when you're lonely
And know you have a West Virginia Friend

Maybe I'll go rambling
When my baby's up and grown
I kinda like the thought of traveling
Out there on my own
But I love these gentle mountains
More than strangers do
Some of us stay settled
And some of us pass through

I don't want to say goodbye to you
To think we may not ever meet again
Remember me, some day when you're lonely
And know you have a West Virginia Friend

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