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Intro

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 on top of that lonely hill

spared by the company mine

is my blue-eyed baby with her best dress on

in the shadow of a lonely pine

Ah but back before the war when the company came

these hills grew wild and free

Me and baby we'd hide in the hollows 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

And when they pulled out they left the cold black ground

And one pine standing alone

So take me home

Lone Pine Hill

Now I signed up back in sixty-one

I'm an Army of Virginia man

I been from Manassas to Moconacy all the way to Sayler's Creek

fightin' for my homeland

Ah but four years gone and all hope lost

and Richmond under siege

We're digging out Five Forks waiting in the rain

For Sheridan to bring us to our knees

So take me home

Lone Pine Hill

There's a strange moon hanging overhead tonight

and if the rain keeps comin' then the creeks gonna rise

but with the Good Lord's Grace, I'll make it out of this place

and I'll be in your arms come the morning light, I swear

So God grant me speed, and grant me forgiveness

and carry me all through the night

take me through your hills and over your rivers

away from this awful fight

'Cause I never known a man that's ever owned another

and I ain't never owned nothing of my own

So after four long years I just can't tell you

what the hell I've been fightin' for

So take me home

Lone Pine Hill