SOURCES: Mudcat; Folk Index; Norm Cohen; Wiki; Ballad Index; REFERENCES (9 citations): Cohen-LSRail, pp. Folk Swinger, Audio Odessey DJLP 4030, LP (196? Country Blues Instrumentals, Rural Rhythm RR 156, LP (197? Notes Ballad Index: This song became the basis of "Blue Diamond Mines" in the 1970s. In The Pines [Sh 203/Me II-AA 7]. While writing of the progress of the railroad through North Carolina in the years following Reconstruction, the lead character, Will Cooper, reminisces of a song, "about pines and the head caught in the driving wheel and the body on the line, the narrator pleading to know where his woman slept last night. 05 (Little Girl) Journeymen. Lyrics powered by LyricFind. Gray, Vykki M, ; and Kenny Hall / Kenny Hall's Music Book, Mel Bay, Sof (1999), p248 (Lonesome Road). Hootenanny Tonight!, Gold Medal Books, sof (1964), p132. Smog's version appears on his 2005 album A River Ain't Too Much to Love. In the Pines Lyrics as written by Traditional Billy Bragg.
The 2nd version of High-Top shoes is closely related so it's included here. Starting the year following the 1925 recording, commercial recordings of the song were done by various folk and bluegrass bands. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. Seeger, Pete / American Favorite Ballads, Oak, Fol (1961), p28 (Little Girl). I Hear A Voice Calling. Sam Hinton Sings the Song of Men, Folkways FA 2400, LP (1961), trk# 12. She seems to have identified three common textual motifs: "In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines" (118 texts), "The longest train I ever saw" (96 versions), and "(His/her) head was (found) on the driver's wheel, (His/her) body never was found. " Doc Watson often performed the song, and a live recording exists, dating from the 1960s. Grateful Dead recorded the song on July 17, 1966. O darling, O darling, don't tell me no lie. 301 High-Topped Shoes [Version A is closer to "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down. "
Black girl, black girl, don't you lie to me... Where did you stay last night? Two songs in the collection are held together only by the query about the high-topped shoes, but it furnishes the title for both. Was the day I left my home. Exciting New Folk Duo, Columbia CS 8531, LP (1962), trk# B. Going to carry me away from home. ", "My Girl" and "Black Girl", is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs, "In the Pines" and "The Longest Train", both of whose authorship is unknown and date back to at least the 1870s. Votes are used to help determine the most interesting content on RYM. Was the cause of me leaving my home. 24 Jul 2019. endlessrecords Digital. Bob Dylan performed the song on November 4, 1961 at the Carnegie Chapter Hall in New York City. And my dress from a driver in mind. I've Found A Hiding Place. Silber-FSWB, p. 103 "In The Pines" (1 text).
If you like Bill Monroe songs on this site, please buy them on Itunes, Amazon and other online stores. About "In The Pines". The train has been described killing a loved one, as taking one's beloved away or as leaving an itinerant worker far from home. Rt - Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road/Old Railroad; My Gal; Lonesome Pines; Longest Train [I Ever Saw]; Fall On My Knees. You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn. Mark Lanegan's version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" was recorded in August 1989, and appears on his 1990 debut solo album, The Winding Sheet.
"To The Pines (Lunsford)" "Grave in the Pines (McMichen)" "June wedding Waltz (instrumental" "Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road (Delmore Brothers)". Tottle, Jack / Bluegrass Mandolin, Oak, Sof (1975), p 85. Lyrics in some versions about "Joe Brown's coal mine" and "the Georgia line" may date it to Joseph E. Brown, a former Governor of Georgia, who famously leased convicts to operate coal mines in the 1870s. It became his theme song and he recorded it at least three times from the 1940s onward. Ephraim Woodie & the Henpecked Husbands, "Last Gold Dollar" (Columbia 15564-D, 1930) [Filed here by Paul Stamler despite the title - RBW]. A recording was made.
Two songs of a similar temper and containing a few other elements in common, but not really the same song, are held together by the use of a very effective refrain or chorus. In 1925, a version of the song was recorded onto phonograph cylinder by a folk collector. 2, Bay 103, LP (1973), trk# 5 (Lonesome Road). Take money to carry me away. Smith, Fiddlin' Arthur; & his Dixieliners. Come back, come back, my own true love, I'll stay with you till I die. Music on this site is for the sole use of educational reference and is the property of respective authors, artists and labels. Sung accoustically by Holly at the front of the stage with just a guitar. RBW The Marlow & Young [Burnett & Rutherford] recording is a conglomerate of floating verses; I put it here because the one that floated from this song came first, but it could as easily go under, "Goodnight, Irene" -- it has the "Sometimes I live in the country" verse.
Tenneva Ramblers, "The Longest Train I Ever Saw" (Victor 20861, 1927). I've included the song in my Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes becasue the melody is used as a fiddle solo and appears under the title "June Wedding Waltz" as a fiddle solo by Clayton Schultz (Clyton's Melody Makers) in 1930. Promo single from Nirvana's 1994 album MTV Unplugged in New YorkNirvana occasionally performed "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" during the early 1990s. Bill provides a nice mandolin break, and the whole performance has a beautifully relaxed yet fully committed feel, as Jimmy takes the lead singing, with group support, the dark, mournful narrative, some yodelling passages adding to the atmosphere. Kenny Hall and the Sweets Mill String Band, Vol. Nathan Abshire, a Louisiana Cajun accordion player, recorded a distinct variation of the song, sung in Cajun French, under the name "Pine Grove Blues. "
Late Last Night, Marimac 9602, Cas (1991), trk# 3. Together Again, Starday SLP 257, LP (1975/1964), trk# 2. And the dress you wear so fine, My love, And the dress you wear so fine? Shelton, Robert (ed. ) Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians II, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p278/# 203 [1917/08/18] (Black Girl). I got my shoes from a railroad man.
This helps to play fast. Way in some foreign land. The long steel rail and short cross ties.