A tear-jerker from 1929 Words and music by Willie Raskin, George Brown and Edward Eliscu
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Refrain:
They cut down the old pine tree
And they hauled it away to the mill
To make a coffin of pine
For that sweetheart of mine
They cut down the old pine tree
But she’s not alone in her grave tonight
For it’s there my heart will always be
Though we’d drifted apart
Still they cut down my heart
When they cut down the old pine tree
Refrain:
They cut down the old pine tree
And they hauled it away to the mill
There’ll be no cabin of pine
For that sweetheart of mine
They cut down the old pine tree
But she’s not alone in her grave tonight
For it’s there my heart will always be
Now I always will roam
For they cut down my home
When they cut down the old pine tree
Refrain:
They cut down the old pine tree
And they hauled it away to the mill
There’ll be no cradle of pine
For a baby of mine
They cut down the old pine tree
But she’s not alone in her grave tonight
For it’s there my heart will always be
Now I’m lost and forlorn
Wish I’d never been born
Since they cut down the old pine tree