They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree 1929

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 3Feb2025
2025

Stop a while and listen to my story
I've just come down from the hill
I went there to find my childhood sweetheart
'Midst the roses and the whippoorwills
I returned to look for the old pine tree
That haunted my memory so,
It was there she said she'd be waiting for me
When we carved our hearts long ago
But, the old pine tree was gone
Still my love for her lingers on

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

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

Now that you have listened to my story
I'm going back to the hills
Just to be alone among my mem'ries
'Midst the roses and the whippoorwills
I had promised her I would soon return
And bring back a gold wedding ring
Underneath the old pine tree we would be wed
When the first rose bloomed in the spring
But the spring has come and gone
And the old pine tree is no more

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

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

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree 1929
Lyrics & music by Willie Raskin, George Brown & Edward Eliscu
© 1929 by Vincent Youmans Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 3 February 2025 at 08.46
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne