Lonesome Pine Special is a railroad song attributed to Sara Carter by
Janette Carter in a talk to a music class at Warren Wilson College. Janette is the daughter of Sara and A.P. Carter.

LONESOME PINE SPECIAL- Sara Carter

I was walking out this morning
With rambling on my mind
I am going to catch the special
That train called Lonesome Pine

You can hear the whistle blowin'
And she's coming down the line
That's the train I catch this morning
To ease my troubling mind

    Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
    Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
    Take me back to Texas
    Back to my old home

Oh, I'm weeping like a willow
And I'm mourning like a dove
There's a girl way out in Texas
That I know I really love

Oh, I'm going back to Texas
Where the lonesome coyotes whine
Where the longhorn cattle are roaming
'Round that cabin home of mine

    Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
    Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
    Take me back to Texas
    Back to my old home
      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

Oh, give me back my rifle
Oh, give me back my gun
Give me back my home in Texas
And my rambling days are done

    Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
    Well, ah-le-ho, ah-le-ho-lay
    Take me back to Texas
    Back to my old home