In the Pines

My girl, my girl don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine

My girl, my girl what have I done
To make me treat you so
You caused me to weep, you caused me to mean
You've caused me to leave my home

Little girl, little girl where'd you stay last night
Not even your mother knows
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
And I shivered when the cold wind blows

My husband was a railway man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in the drivers wheel
But his body has never been found

I asked the captain for the time of day
He said he threw his watch away
A long steel rail and a hail Mary
And I'm on my way back home

Past the pines, past the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I'm on my way back home

Past the pines, past the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
And I shivered the whole night through