Marty Robbins - Over High Mountain lyrics

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Over high mountains not too far away<br />

Is a valley I'm longin' to see<br />

There lives a maiden who wants be mine<br />

But her family cares nothin' for me<br />

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Her Mother knows that her daughter found love<br />

In the arms of a poor mountain man<br />

Her Father tells her, have nothin' to do<br />

With the boy from the high mountain clan<br />

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Those in the valley have castles and wealth<br />

Does that make them better than I<br />

My dreams are my wealth and I've plenty of them<br />

And my castles reach up to the sky<br />

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'Cause I am poor have I no right to love<br />

Even though I am loved in return<br />

True love can never be measured in riches<br />

And money cannot make it burn<br />

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Her wealthy Father believes that a man<br />

Should be judged on the ground that he owns<br />

Since I have only the price of an acre<br />

He wants me to leave her alone<br />

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But I'm determined, I'm young and I'm strong<br />

It's true love that I'm workin' for<br />

I'll buy me an acre down there in the valley<br />

And soon have a hundred or more<br />

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Nola and I will be married and Heaven<br />

Will bless with a boy and a girl<br />

And we'll teach them true love can never be measured<br />

By riches they've gained in this world