I'm Gonna Make Hay While The Sun Shines In Virginia
Composer(s): Joe Young; Sam Lewis; Archie Gottler
Performer(s): Marion Harris



City people pity people living on the farm
I'm going home today 'Way down Virginia way' 
You know my dad's a farmer 
So is mamma
They live in a shack 
If you think I'm grieving because I'm leaving
Try and hold me back

Howdy do there, how are you there
That's Virginia way, when they shake hands with you 
Their hearts go with it too
I'm gonna send a wire 
To the Squire 
Here's just what I'll write 
If the train don't show up 
I will show up 
Home tomorrow night

I'm gonna make hay while the sun shines in Virginia
The old folks need a lot of sunshine now
I'm gonna be a farmer in Virginia 
I'll plant a kiss on mother's wrinkled brow (How I love her) 
I'm gonna raise the mortgage from the homestead
I'll weed out all their sorrows and their tears 
I'm gonna make hay while the sun shines in Virginia 
I'm gonna brighten up their few remaining years