White Dove Song Lyrics and Chords by The Stanley Brothers
White Dove
Recorded by The Stanley Brothers
Written by Carter Stanley
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In the deep rolling hills of old
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Virginia
There's a
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place that I love so
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well
Where I
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spent many days of my
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childhood
In the
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cabin where we
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loved to
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dwell
White dove will mourn in
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sorrow
The
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willows will
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hang their
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heads
I'll live my life in
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sorrow
Since
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mother and
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daddy are
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dead
We were all so happy there
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together
In our
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peaceful little mountain
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home
But the
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Savior needs angels up in
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heaven
Now they
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sing around the
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great white
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throne
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As the years roll by I often
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wonder
If we will
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all be together some
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day
And each
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night as I wander through the
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graveyard
Darkness
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finds me as I
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kneel to
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pray
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FAQ
Who sang the the song White Dove?
- The song White Dove was sang by The Stanley Brothers.
Who is The Stanley Brothers?
- The Stanley Brothers were an American bluegrass duo of singer-songwriters and musicians made up of brothers Carter Stanley (1925-1966) and Ralph Stanley (1927-2016). Ralph and Carter performed as The Stanley Brothers with their band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, from 1946 to 1966. Ralph kept the band name when he continued as a solo artist after Carter's death, from 1967 until his own death in 2016.
