I've got kinfolks in Carolina That's the place to find my family tree They're scattered from a little north of Georgia To a little bit east of East Tennessee But there's a little gal on top of Old Smoky And she really ain't no kin to me at all But I'm gonna buy her a wedding ring And get me a ticket on the New River train And make her my closest kin, folks, after all
I've got kinfolks in Carolina Aunt Mollie lives Raleigh NC I've got cousins by the dozens down in Charlotte And my grandpaw fought with Robert E. Lee But there's a little lump of sugar up in Ashville With a soothin' sort of a little southern drawl I'll tie the knot with my southern belle And tell all the world with a rebel yell She'll be my closest kin, folks, after all
Well I'm gonna buy her a wedding ring And get me a ticket on the New River train And make her my closest kin, folks, after all.