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Intro

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