Over High Mountain Lyrics - Marty Robbins

Over high mountains not too far away 

Is a valley I'm longin' to see 

There lives a maiden who wants be mine 

But her family cares nothin' for me 

Her Mother knows that her daughter found love 

In the arms of a poor mountain man 

Her Father tells her, have nothin' to do 

With the boy from the high mountain clan 

Those in the valley have castles and wealth 

Does that make them better than I 

My dreams are my wealth and I've plenty of them 

And my castles reach up to the sky 

'Cause I am poor have I no right to love 

Even though I am loved in return 

True love can never be measured in riches 

And money cannot make it burn 

Her wealthy Father believes that a man 

Should be judged on the ground that he owns 

Since I have only the price of an acre 

He wants me to leave her alone 

But I'm determined, I'm young and I'm strong 

It's true love that I'm workin' for 

I'll buy me an acre down there in the valley 

And soon have a hundred or more 

Nola and I will be married and Heaven 

Will bless with a boy and a girl 

And we'll teach them true love can never be measured 

By riches they've gained in this world