The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (song)

"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"

Cover, sheet music, 1913
Music by Harry Carroll
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, it did reached number 2 in the charts. The song was also recorded by Vivian Stanshall, the English frontman of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and released as "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" by NWOBHM band Tokyo Blade.

The song is from the movie/play The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine. The outdoor drama of The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine is in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and is the sixth longest running outdoor drama in the United States.

References

  1. ^ MacDonald, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" (Sheet music).

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