ADD: Lonesome Pine Special (Carter Family)

Subject: Lyrics: Lonesome Pines / Carter Family
From:
Date: 18 Jul 97 - 08:41 AM

need lyrics or source recording of Carter Family (?) singing a song that has the line "I'm goin' back to Texas where the lonesome coyotes howl". I believe the song may be called "Lonesome Pines".

Subject: RE: Lyrics: Lonesome Pines / Carter Family
From: hartley
Date: 18 Jul 97 - 08:02 PM

I don't have the lyrics now, but the song is Lonesome Pine Special. Sara said she wrote it. Lonesome Pine is a train. It was recorded in 1930 for Victor. It is part of the re-releases by Rounder "Worried Man Blues" C1067. If you don't have access, I will listen and post the words. Just give me the word via this thread.

Subject: Lonesome Pine / Lonesome Pine Special
From: Mark Schmidt
Date: 21 Jul 97 - 08:22 AM

Need lyrics or information on source recording for Carter Family's Lonesome Pine (or Lonesome Pine Special).

Subject: RE: Lonesome Pine / Lonesome Pine Special
From: hartley
Date: 21 Jul 97 - 09:31 PM

Look at prior post and tell me via this thread if you want to listen and post lyrics.

Subject: Lonesome Pine Special
From:
Date: 23 Jul 97 - 08:21 AM

I am looking for lyrics or source recording to/of Lonesome Pine Special (or just Lonesome Pine) recorded by the Carter Family. E-mail me at above address if you have any information. Thanks. --Mark

Subject: RE: Lonesome Pine Special
From: hartley
Date: 25 Jul 97 - 11:06 PM

I have two copies--one on Worried Man Blues from Rounder C1067 a cassette. The other by Maybelle and Sara on Bear Family, 1963. I can listen and transcribe if these sources are unavailable. Let me know at [e-mail]. Your e-mail address does work from my end.

Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME PINE SPECIAL (Maybelle Carter)
From: CarterNut
Date: 16 Jul 98 - 11:31 AM

Here are the lyrics to "Lonesome Pine Special" as sung by Mother Maybelle Carter.

LONESOME PINE SPECIAL
D
I was walking out this morning,
D     A7                    D
With rambling on my mind;
D                          G         D
Gonna catch that special train,
D             A7             D
Called the Lonesome Pine.

(Chorus the same as the verse)

You could hear the whistle blowing,
As she's coming down the line;
That's the train I'll catch this morning,
To ease my troubled mind.

D       A7                  D
Odel-aideeo-oleeoh-laydee
D      A7                  D D7
Odel-aideeo-oleeoh-lay
G                         D         A7                    D
Take me back to Texas, back to my old home.

2. Oh, I'm weeping like a willow,
And morning like a dove;
There's a girl way out in Texas,
I know I really love.

3. Oh, give me back my rifle,
Oh, give me back my gun;
Give me back my girl in Texas,
And my rambling days are done.

4. Oh, I'm going back to Texas,
Where the lonesome coyotes whine;
Where the longhorn cattle's lowing,
'Round that cabin home of mine.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lonesome Pine Special (Carter Family)
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 04 Oct 12 - 06:06 AM

I've got it slightly different:

LONESOME PINE SPECIAL

I was walking out this morning with rambling on my mind;
I'm going to catch the special, that train called Lonesome Pine;
You can hear the whistle blowing and she's coming down the line,
That's the train I catch this morning to ease my troubling mind.

Hodel-ay-ho, ho-lay-ho-lee,
Hodel-ay-ho, ho-lay-ho-lee,
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 back in Texas that I know I really love,
Oh I'm going back to Texas where the lonesome coyotes whine
With the longhorn cattles roaming round that cabin home of mine.

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.





As sung by the Carter Family on RCA Victor EP RCX-7110, "The Original and Great Carter Family" volume 5. Recorded 25 November 1930.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lonesome Pine Special (Carter Family)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Oct 12 - 09:32 AM

The Carters can be heard singing this on YouTube. It has a nice tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiTp_9mlJ4I

She doesn't sing "the longhorn cattle's roaming," she sings it correctly, "the longhorn cattle are roaming," with a nifty little curl in the melody which is worth preserving.

Subject: ADD: Lonesome Pine Special (Carter Family)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Jan 19 - 08:29 PM

In Richie's Carter Family Songs: Summary of Sources thread, here's the source identification:

*Lonesome Pine Special circa 1930- 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. Carters- 1930

The Carter Family recorded "Lonesome Pine Special" November 25, 1930, at Memphis, Tennessee.

LONESOME PINE SPECIAL
(Sara Carter)

I was walking out this morning with rambling on my mind
I am going to catch that Special, that train Called Lonesome Pine
You can hear the whistle blowing as she’s coming down the line
That’s the train I catch this morning to ease my troubling mind

Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Ho lalay ho, holay holay
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

Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Take me back to Texas, back to my old home

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

Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Take me back to Texas, back to my old home


Transcription from the Bear Family box set, The Carter Family: In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiTp_9mlJ4I