—Bill Monroe Version:
The longest train I ever saw
Went down that Georgia Line
The engine passed at six o'clock
The caboose went by at nine
Chorus:
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And you shiver when the cold wind blows
Whoo whoo hoo hooo……….
Whoo whoo hoo hooo……….
I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away
It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie
And I'm on my way back home
Little girl, little girl, what have I done
To make you treat me so
You've caused me to weep, you've caused me to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home
Verse and Chorus:
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In The Pines
—Leadbelly Version
Little girl, little girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.
Little girl, little girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I will shiver the whole night through.
Little girl, little girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.
My Husband was a Railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head, was found, In a drivers wheel
And his body hasn't never been found.
Little girl, little girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
You've caused me to weep, you've caused me to mourn
You've caused me to leave my home