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In The Pines

from Tradition by Ranagri

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    12 traditional songs reworked by Ranagri
    Released February 28, 2014

    Produced and recorded by Donal Rogers for Goatskin Records

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The seventh track from our Traditional Folk album with Play-Doh artwork by the fabulous Eleanor Macnair

"In the Pines", also known as "Black Girl" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", is a traditional American folk song which dates back to at least the 1870s, and is believed to be Southern Appalachian in origin. The identity of the song's author is unknown, but it has been recorded by many artists in numerous genres. Traditionally, it is most often associated with the American blues musician Lead Belly, who recorded several versions in the 1940s, as well as the American bluegrass musician Bill Monroe, who helped popularize the song (in a different variant, featuring lyrics about a train) among bluegrass and country audiences with his versions recorded in the 1940s and 1950s.

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In The Pines

Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines where the sun never shines
I shivered the whole night through

My love he was a railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in a driver's wheel
His body have never been found

Black girl, black girl, where will you go?
I'll go where the cold wind moan
In the pines, in the pines where the sun never shines
I shiver the whole night through

The longest train I ever saw
Was a hundred holters long
And the only boy I ever loved
Is on that train and gone

Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines where the sun never shines
And I shiver the whole night through

In the pines, in the pines

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from Tradition, track released August 4, 2014

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Indie folk. Dónal Rogers. Eliza Marshall, Eleanor Dunsdon, Jordan Murray…flutes, whistles, harp, piano, bodhrán, dulcimer,guitars & bouzouki.
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