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