I completely disagreed that this song is about Devon/Cornwall. He grew up a surfer and this song reminds me of Hossegor surf trips as a youngster. The whole coast is one huge pine forest. A (stupid) tradition of surfers in the area is to push a huge pine tree over - they are rooted in sandy soil and are very easy to topple with a few people pushing. Hence "as the old pine fell". I can't think of many places in the west country which are famous for pine trees. Hossegor, however is!
I completely disagreed that this song is about Devon/Cornwall. He grew up a surfer and this song reminds me of Hossegor surf trips as a youngster. The whole coast is one huge pine forest. A (stupid) tradition of surfers in the area is to push a huge pine tree over - they are rooted in sandy soil and are very easy to topple with a few people pushing. Hence "as the old pine fell". I can't think of many places in the west country which are famous for pine trees. Hossegor, however is!