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
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I’m going where the cold wind blows
Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found
Traditional Folk Song written by Leadbelly
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana introduced me to this song. Needless to say, I immediately loved it! But, I'm real happy to have found Ledbelly's version, the original!
Really gives you some insight into Kurt's mind when you realize he picked this old blues song. Remember Kurt was into this before the internet. He must have had tapes of all different music. You're the man now, dog.
Isn't it crazy to think we can listen to someone sing a song who died before a lot of us were even alive. We had no chance of ever meeting this person but we can hear how the words roll of their tounge
Leadbelly was not the first to record this song. His recording is from 44. Bill Monroe recorded the song under the title "In the Pines" in 1941.
The song is a traditional song from the 1870s.
Neither of them wrote it. Dock Walsh has the earliest known commercial recording of the song from April of 1926.
Jesus.....Cobain wasn't even alive when he was. And I wasn't alive when either of them were. And we've both listened to this track and felt ways about stuff
Lyrics
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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
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My husband, was a hard working man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
And his body hasn't ever been found
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through