I might have went to one or two the whole time I was at school. Hazel Dickens – West Virginia, My Home Lyrics. So it was a matter of staying there with nothing or going to get a job and having, you know, having clothes to wear, get a guitar, buy my guitar – which I did – and all that stuff, you know. It was stuff like that. You could always tell the difference. Back [D] to those hills, the [A] place that I call [D] home. West Virg [D] inia, where I bel [A] ong. But the more broke-down that he got where he couldn’t do that heavy lifting and stuff, things started to go downhill with all the last children that come along. JL. West Virginia, My Home Hazel Dickens. You know, there’s a lot of feeling went into that song. In the prime years, he was doing pretty good. Song information for West Virginia, My Home - Hazel Dickens on AllMusic John Lilly. West Virginia My Home Hazel Dickens See the complete catalog of free Bluegrass on the Tube videos: If you're already a subscriber, please share "Bluegrass on the Tube" with friends. Song information for West Virginia, My Home - Hazel Dickens on AllMusic AllMusic. My brother-in-law would board there sometimes. John (a.k.a. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. I don’t think there was anybody that I could think of that was as unprepared as I was to go to a big city, you know. Vidéos, biographie, concerts. West Virginia, My Home This song is by Hazel Dickens and appears on the album A Few Old Memories (1987). Key: D D | Capo: 0 fr | Left-Handed. Oftentimes called the "Voice of West Virginia," Appalachian music matriarch Hazel Dickens was a pioneer of old-time and bluegrass music, known for preserving the traditional vocal styles of West Virginia [My father] worked a little bit for my uncle, who was in the holler behind us, at a sawmill, and got a little bit of money there, but he didn’t have much coming in. D A West Virginia, where I belong. Hazel Dickens covered They're at Rest Together, Only a Hobo, Don't Bother to Cry, California Cottonfields and other songs. In the dead of the night in the still and the quiet I slip away like a bird in flight Back to those hills - the place that I call home. D A West Virginia, where I belong. It's been years now since I left there And this city life's about got the best of me. It's been years now since I left there And this city life's about got the best of me. Of course, they quit school at a young age. HD. You had to have work papers in order to get a job, and I couldn’t get them until I was 17. And I imagine, too, it wasn’t just a matter of not being able to lift. Featured New Releases; Editors' Choice ... Hazel Dickens. West Virginia's where I belong. And if we didn’t, we would live right outside of town. Report. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining family in West Virginia. Hazel Dickens (June 1, 1935, - April 22, 2011, born Mercer County, West Virginia) an American bluegrass singer. A Few Old Memories. They could express how they felt, where a lot of Northern people didn’t. HD. So, when do you remember first beginning work on a song about West Virginia being your home? But, when [my sister] finally got through to them, my father finally consented to let me go. Chorus: D G West Virginia, oh my home. D G In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet I slip away like a bird in flight D A D Back to those hills, the place that I call home. The idea probably originated there in Baltimore, ‘cause I didn’t write it until I was here [in Washington, D.C.]. When I had met Mike [Seeger] about ’54, I had just gotten a job, and I didn’t know anybody. She met Mike Seeger, half-brother of Pete, and his wife Alice Gerrard. Her music is characterized by not only her "high lonesome" singing style, but also by … Songs such as “Black Lung,” “They’ll Never Keep Us Down,” “Coal Mining Woman,” and “Mannington Mining Disaster” focused widespread attention on West Virginia’s economic and social concerns, while “A Few Old Memories,” “Mama’s Hand,” and “Working Girl Blues” gained her a national audience and recalled her Mercer County upbringing. Check out West Virginia, My Home by Hazel Dickens on Amazon Music. Hazel Dickens. But by that time, it was relatives that drove me away. Check out West Virginia, My Home by Hazel Dickens on Amazon Music. Using her songs and her undeniable mountain singing, Hazel became a forceful voice in labor and political movements and an articulate spokesperson for mining and women’s issues. They weren’t Southern. In the [D] dead of the night, in the still and the quiet. He had a double rupture, and he would not have it operated on. I don’t think we knew what “getting out of there” meant. Even at school, when I was in school, they wouldn’t allow me to go to a lot of picnics or stuff like that. Hazel Dickens Performs _West Virginia, My Home_ at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. 5 years ago | 7 views. HD. It was not any grand thing. The performance is from a 2010 appearance by my old duo, The Clementines, at a Haitian relief benefit. It is also a theme song for Hazel, who sings it – passionately – every time she appears in public. A lot of the times, we lived out in the country. Were you homesick when you got to Baltimore? West Virginia, oh my home. I would have been much too inhibited, much too shy to do that. My oldest sister married at 15, and my oldest brother married at probably 17, 18, 19 – married very young. [If] you had a relative lived close by or something like that as your neighbor, or somebody that grew up where you did, then they would always be over there. Hazel Dickens 2003 - West Virginia, My Home. West Virginia's where I belong. Hazel Dickens. He never forgot the beauty of his home state as his pictures show. This song is by Hazel Dickens and appears on the album A Few Old Memories (1987). Of course, there was no television or anything like that and, most of the time, not even a radio. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. I wanted to go ‘cause I wanted to get a job. They just did (laughter). She then recorded solo and her music took on a more political/activist tone. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining family in West Virginia. She wrote songs about people who work hard and love their home … Playing next. I didn’t feel that same comradery that I did back home. This version was included on an album titled Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People (Rounder 0126). You had nowhere to go. In November the legendary folk/bluegrass singer, songwriter and activist Hazel Dickens was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony at The Cultural Center in Charleston, West Virginia. But I was trying to gather what my feelings were like when I was thinking about the actual walking out the door. It's been years now since I left there D A West Virginia, where I belong. Hazel Jane Dickens (June 1, 1935 – April 22, 2011) was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. FAVORITE (0 fans) Hazel Dickens. Would you like to come over tonight?” We just didn’t do that. So I could stay there until I got 17 and keep him. D G In the dead of the night, in the still and the quiet I slip away like a bird in flight D A D Back to those hills, the place that I call home. Hazel Dickens was born on June 1, 1935 in Montcalm, West Virginia, USA as Hazel Jane Dickens. So this must have built up. Well, I had some relatives that came back and forth. Object Details Views 13,242 Video Title Hazel Dickens Performs "West Virginia, My Home" at the 1978 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Description Watch Hazel Dickens and Phyllis Boyens perform "West Virginia, My Home" at the 1978 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. West Virginia, oh my home. I’m trying to think when the beginning of it was. HD. Through injury, a declining economy, and personal hardship, however, times grew tough for the family. D A West Virginia, where I belong. She was a feminist and a pro-union singer, famous for her political positions as much as her songs. A Few Old Memories. So, it was always people coming or going from Baltimore. 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