I Got No Reason To Stay

I recall from my memory that dreadful night
My mother lay dying by dim candle light
She said "I'm old, tired, and frail" then she passed away
We'll be together in heaven some day
It's fare thee well, old Virginia
I'm going far away
My loved ones all are waiting for me
And I got no reason to stay
I watched my daddy in the days that would come
Wilt like a flower in the hot July sun
How he missed my mother more and more every day
Til he had no reason to stay
It's fare thee well, old Virginia
I'm going far away
My loved ones all are waiting for me
And I got no reason to stay
Now the old home lies dark and lonely and still
With two wood markers at the top of the hill
As I walk through the shadow the two crosses made
I got no reason to stay
It's fare thee well, old Virginia
I'm going far away
My loved ones all are waiting for me
And I got no reason to stay
And I got no reason to stay
And I got no reason to stay