Lone Pine Hill

[Verse 1]

Well, I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes

Held up in the middle of the night

Shaking like a pistol in a young man's hand

There in the pale moonlight

Standing up the top of that lonely hill

Spared by the company mines

My blue-eyed baby with her best dress on

In the shadow of a lonely pine

[Verse 2]

It was back before the war when the company came

These hills grew wild and free

Me and my baby we'd hide in the hollers low

Away from the cruel sun's heat

But then they knocked down the timber

And burned off the brush

To get to the riches below

When they pulled out they left a cold black ground

And one pine standing lone

So take me home

To Lone Pine Hill

[Verse 3]

Well, I signed up back in '61

I'm an army of Virginia man

From Mannasas to Mackonackey

All the way to Sailors Creek fighting for my homeland

After four years gone and all hope lost

And Richmond under siege

And we're digging out Five Forks, waiting in the rain

For Sheridan to bring us to our knees

So take me home

To Lone Pine Hill

[Verse 4]

There's a strange moon hanging overhead tonight

And if the rain keeps coming then the creek's gonna rise

With the good Lord's grace

I'll make it outta this place

And I'll be in your arms come morning light

So God grant me speed and grant me forgiveness

And carry me on through the night

Take me through your hills and over your rivers

Ana away from this awful fight

So, I ain't never known a man that's ever owned another

And ain't owned nothin' of my own

After four long years I just can't tell you

What the hell I've been fighting for

So take me home

To Lone Pine Hill