# Come All You Virginia Girls

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: traditional-variant-awaiting-review
- Confidence: working-variant-review

## Writer / Source

Traditional; likely related to old-time floating-verse song families

## Earliest Located Evidence

Traditional Appalachian/old-time repertory; exact first source unresolved

## Context

Treat as traditional but keep open until a matching source is verified.

## Rights Assessment

Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://archives.vwml.org/
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/come-all-you-virginia-girls.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Come All You Virginia Girls.chopro
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: A
- Capo: 0
- Tuning/comment: Guitar - Standard

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: Come All You Virginia Gals
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- Confirm Virginia Girls/Gals naming and exact source: the existing lineage is only a general floating-verse association. Approve the A/Em arrangement and add meter if useful.
- Identify the exact text/tune variant and arrangement used by the band before treating this working sheet as publication-cleared.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Lyrics and chord cues supplied; source identification still needed. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.