Over high mountains not too far away   Is a valley I'm longin' to see   There lives a maiden who wants be mine   But her family cares nothin' for me      Her Mother knows that her daughter found love   In the arms of a poor mountain man   Her Father tells her, have nothin' to do   With the boy from the high mountain clan      Those in the valley have castles and wealth   Does that make them better than I   My dreams are my wealth and I've plenty of them   And my castles reach up to the sky      'Cause I am poor have I no right to love   Even though I am loved in return   True love can never be measured in riches   And money cannot make it burn      Her wealthy Father believes that a man   Should be judged on the ground that he owns   Since I have only the price of an acre   He wants me to leave her alone      But I'm determined, I'm young and I'm strong   It's true love that I'm workin' for   I'll buy me an acre down there in the valley   And soon have a hundred or more      Nola and I will be married and Heaven   Will bless with a boy and a girl   And we'll teach them true love can never be measured   By riches they've gained in this world