in the pines

True love, true love, don't lie to me, tell me
Where did you sleep last night?
I slept in the pines where the sun never shines
And I shivered with a cold deadly cold.

Tell me, where did you get them pretty little shoes
And the dress you wear so fine?
I got my shoes from a railroad man,
Got my dress from a driver in the mine.

I wish to the Lord I 'd never been born
Or died when I was young.
I never would have kissed your sweet, sweet lips
Nor heard your rattling tongue.

The longest train I ever did ride
Was a hundred coaches long.
The only woman I ever did love,
She 's on the train and gone.