East Virginia Lyrics

Lyric discussion by vphi 

Cover art for East Virginia lyrics by Joan Baez

"I'd rather be in some dark holler"... I do not know the word holler (rhymed with darling). The context is like Robert Burns' Or were I in the wildest waste, Sae black and bare, sae black and bare

Well, the lad is so simple a soul that he can't think a way to know his love's name. He is going to die just so, not knowing. Sang by Joan Baez, it is touching, really!