| "The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" | |
 Cover, sheet music, 1913 |
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| Music by | Harry Carroll |
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| Lyrics by | Ballard MacDonald |
| Published | 1913 |
| Language | English |
"The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" is a popular song published in 1913 with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and music by Harry Carroll. In the song the singer expresses his love for June who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The chorus is:[1]
- In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,
- On the trail of the lonesome pine—
- In the pale moonshine our hearts entwine,
- Where she carved her name and I carved mine;
- Oh, June, like the mountains I'm blue—
- Like the pine I am lonesome for you,
- In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,
- On the trail of the lonesome pine.
"The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" has been recorded numerous times, probably most notably by Laurel and Hardy, and was featured in their 1937 film Way Out West. This version was also released as a single in 1975 in the UK, where it reached number 2 in the charts. The song was also recorded by Vivian Stanshall, the English frontman of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
References
- ^ MacDonald, "The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" (Sheet music).
Bibliography
- MacDonald, Ballard (w.); Carroll, Harry (m.). "The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" (Sheet music). New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. (1913).
External links
- "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine", Manuel Romain (Edison Blue Amberol 1743, 1913)—Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
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