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WEST VIRGINIA SONG LYRICS

Here are lyrics for WVU songs, and some West Virginia related songs as well.  If you have any others to add, please email them to us.

HAIL WEST VIRGINIA

Let's give a rah for West Virginia
And let us pledge to her anew
Others may be black or crimson
But for us it's Gold and Blue
Let all our troubles be forgotten
Let the college spirit rule
We'll join and give our loyal effort
For the good of our old school.

It's West Virginia, it's West Virginia
The pride of every Mountaineer
Come on you old grads
Join with us young lads
It's West Virginia now we cheer Rah Rah!
Now is the time boys
to make a big noise
No matter what the people say,
For there is naught to fear, the gang's all here
So Hail West Virginia, hail!


ALMA MATER

Alma, our alma mater
The home of Mountaineers
Sing we of thy honor
Everlasting through the years.
Alma, our alma mater
We pledge in song to you
Hail all hail our alma mater
West Virginia U!


COUNTRY ROADS

Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

Country roads, take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

All my memories gather round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.

Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get the feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.


FIGHT MOUNTAINEERS

Fight, fight, fight, fight, Mountaineers!
We're here to cheer for you.
Take that old ball down the field.
We're putting our faith in you.
Play that team right off its feet.
You can't be beat we know.
And when the game is through,
we'll all cheer for you.
West Virginia, West Virginia, rah!


WEST VIRGINIA HILLS

Oh, the West Virginia hills! How majestic and how grand,
With their summits bathed in glory, Like our Prince Immanuel's Land!
Is it any wonder then, That my heart with rapture thrills,
As I stand once more with loved ones On those West Virginia hills?

(CHORUS)
Oh, the hills, beautiful hills, How I love those West Virginia hills!
If o'er sea o'er land I roam, Still I'll think of happy home,
And my friends among the West Virginia hills.

Oh, the West Virginia hills! Where my childhood hours were passed,
Where I often wandered lonely, And the future tried to cast;
Many are our visions bright, Which the future ne'er fulfills;
But how sunny were my daydreams On those West Virginia hills!

CHORUS

Oh, the West Virginia hills! How unchang'd they seem to stand,
With their summits pointed skyward To the Great Almighty's Land!
Many changes I can see, Which my heart with sadness fills;
But no changes can be noticed In those West Virginia hills.

CHORUS

Oh, the West Virginia hills! I must bid you now adieu.
In my home beyond the mountains I shall ever dream of you;
In the evening time of life, If my Father only wills,
I shall still behold the vision Of those West Virginia hills.

CHORUS


MOUNTAIN DEW

My brother Bill runs a still on the hill
Where he turns out a gallon or two
And the buzzards in the sky get so drunk they can not fly
Just from sniffing that good old mountain dew.

(CHORUS)
They call it that good old mountan dew,
And them that refuse it are few.
I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
With that good old mountain dew.

My aunt Lucille had an automobile,
It ran on a gallon or two.
It didn't need no gas and it didn't need no oil,
It just ran on that good old mountain dew.

CHORUS

My uncle Mort, he is sawed off and short,
He measure 'bout four foot two,
But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
Of that good old mountain dew.

CHORUS

Old Auntie June had a brand new perfume,
It had such a wonderful "pew"
But to her surprise, when she had it analyzed,
It was nothing but that good old mountain dew

CHORUS

I know a guy named Pete, his hair ain't so neat,
Though he fixes it with syrup and blue,
But it stays right in place when he uses just a trace
Of that good old mountain dew.

CHORUS

The preacher-he walked by, with a big tear in his eye
Said that his wife had the flu
And hadn't I ought just to give him a quart
Of that good old mountain dew

CHORUS

My uncle Klaus had a real mean old mouse
When they asked how it happened,
He said it was a lappin'
That good old mountain dew

CHORUS

There's an old hollow tree, just a little way from me
Where you lay down a dollar or two
If you hush up your mug, then they'll give you a jug
Of that good old mountain dew

CHORUS

You take a little trash and you mix it up with ash,
And you throw in the soul of a shoe,
Then you stir it awhile with an old rusty file,
And they call it that good old mountain dew.

CHORUS

During the last war, we couldn't get no more,
We didn't have no sugar for the dew
With a few old potaters and a few ripe tomaters,
We turned out some stuff, I'm tellin' you

CHORUS

Old Deacon Crane took a trip in the rain,
Said his wife had come down with the flu,
But she'll be all right if you give her a pint
Of that good old mountain dew.

CHORUS

Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, he told me how he felt
The day the old dry law went through:
If your likker's too red, it will swell up your head
Better stick to that good old mountain dew


SIMPLE GIFTS

'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free
'tis a gift to come down where you ought to be.
And when we find ourselves in a place just right,
'twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend we shant be ashamed,
to turn, turn will be our delight
'til by turning, turning, we come 'round right.


MY HOME AMONG THE HILLS

Hear the song!

There's a land of rolling mountains
Where the sky is blue above.
And though I may roam, I hurry home,
To those friendly hills I love.
Where moonlit meadows ring
with the call of whipporills
Always you will find me in my home among the hills
And where the sun draws rainbows in the mist
Of waterfalls and mountain rills
My heart will be always in the West Virginia Hills
There, autum hillsides are bright with scarlet trees
and in the spring, the robins sing
While apple blossoms whisper in the breeze
And there is music in the flashing streams
and joy in fields of daffodils
Laughter through the happy valleys of my home among the hills