[Verse 1- Elizabeth LaPrelle]
An old Virginia rambler
My fortune is quite hard
I always loved the women
Drunk whiskey and played cards

[Verse 2- Elizabeth LaPrelle]
There lives a wealthy farmer
Over in the country-by
He had a lovely daughter
It was on her I cast my eye

[Verse 3- Elizabeth LaPrelle]
I asked if it made any difference
If I should cross the line
She said it'd make no difference
If I'd return sometime

[Verse 4- Elizabeth LaPrelle, Elizabeth LaPrelle & Anna Roberts-Gevalt]
We shook hands and parted
The girl I left behind
The girl I left in Grayson
Was always on my mind

[Verse 5- Elizabeth LaPrelle & Anna Roberts-Gevalt]
I was walking around one evening
Up and down the marble square
A-gazing at the river
The postman met me there

[Verse 6- Elizabeth LaPrelle & Anna Roberts-Gevalt]
He handed me a letter
Which made me understand
The girl I left in Grayson
Had married another man

[Verse 7- Elizabeth LaPrelle & Anna Roberts-Gevalt]
I asked her why she married
She said that I was gone
And now my heart is broken
And all my pleasures gone