Why Me Ralph Lyrics - The Stanley Brothers

In the beautiful hills way back in Virginia 

By the side of his home where he played as a lad 

In a deep dark grave Carter lies sleeping 

There lies the best friend that I ever had 

For twenty one years he travelled this country 

Entertaining his friends wherever he roamed 

For many thousands he made life brighter 

Now he is at rest near his old home 

He wrote many songs about the Clinch Mountains 

Of mother and dad his friends and home 

Through 43 states and many foreign countries 

Wherever he travelled his name was known 

Now he's at rest in the family graveyard 

On top of a hill where the wind blows o'er 

he's gone on now but he won't be forgotten 

The songs he left will never grow old