She Left Me Standing On The Mountain
Jam-Along Backing Track
Lyrics
Darling will you marry me I asked a maiden fair
I turned my back upon her when I looked she wasn’t there
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
She left me standing way up there
Where the honeybees are buzzing round the flowers there
That is where she vanished somewhere in that mountain air
I just saw the whippoorwill a-talking to a bear
They were both a-laughing about her giving me the air
I would give most anything if once more she’d appear
And tell me that she cared a little for this mountaineerAbout This Song
She Left Me Standing On The Mountain was written by Alton Delmore, who first recorded and released it with his brother Rabon as the Delmore Brothers.
Bluegrass players mostly learned it from Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, and the song stayed in the brothers' live shows for a long time: a 1983 set at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago includes it.
| Year | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | The Delmore Brothers | First release |
| 1963 | Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys | Recorded in June 1962 |
Also recorded by Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers, the Horsenecks, the Hamilton County Ramblers and the Blue Canyon Boys.
