Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_the-trail-of-the-lonesome-pine_arthur-godfrey-the-mariners-macdonald-carroll-archie_gbia0015022a
https://archive.org/details/78_the-trail-of-the-lonesome-pine_edna-brown-james-f-harrison-macdonald-carroll-victo_gbia0015480a
https://archive.org/details/78_the-trail-of-the-lonesome-pine_harry-carnell-albert-campbell-henry-burr_gbia0000839a
https://archive.org/details/78_the-trail-of-the-lonesome-pine_ralph-flanagan-and-his-orchestra-harry-carroll-balla_gbia0024835b
https://archive.org/details/78_the-trail-of-the-lonesome-pine_russ-morgan-and-his-orchestra-russ-morgan-harry-carr_gbia0027559b
https://archive.org/details/78_trail-of-the-lonesome-pine_the-sundowners-band-carroll-mac-donald_gbia0005202b
Publication Date
1913
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
On a mountain in Virginia stand a lonesome pine,
Just below is the cabin home,
Of a little girl of mine.
Her name is June, and very, very, soon,
She’ll belong to me,
For I know she’s waiting there for me,
‘Neath that lone pine tree.
[Refrain]
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.
[Verse 2]
I can hear the tinkling waterfall, far among the hills,
Bluebirds sing each so merrily
To his mate in rapture trills;
They seem to say
“Your June is lonesome too;”
Longing fills her eyes,
She is waiting for you patiently,
Where the pine tree sighs.
[Refrain]
Recommended Citation
Macdonald, Ballard and Carroll, Harry, "Trail of The Lonesome Pine" (1913). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1227.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1227
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Words by Ballard Macdonald
Music by Harry Carroll
New York: Shapiro Music Pub. Co. (1913)
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