Wolf Folklore Collection: Cut Down the Old Pine Tree

THEY CUT DOWN THE OLD PINE TREE
Sung by: Jimmy Driftwood and George Fisher
Recorded in Mountain View, AR 4/20/63

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Jimmy Driftwood: “Now, when we sing one little verse of this, we want you to help us back there. You know the old ‘Cut Down the Old Pine Tree.’ There you go.”

Oh, they cut down that old pine tree,
And they hauled it away to the mill.
They built a coffin of pine for that sweetheart of mine,
And they cut down that old pine tree.

[Note: This is sung twice more, with instrumental interludes.]

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