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Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Lyrics
My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
My husband was a hardworking man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
And his body hasn't ever been found
My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
I'm going the cold wind blows
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
And his body hasn't ever been found
Tell me where did you sleep last night
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through
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This song is pretty self-explanitry, i have not head the Mark Lanaghen version although in my opinion the Nirvana version is nothing more than amazing. The vocals are so strong and emotional, although this version is in its own right is outstanding.
I would say the Nirvana version is just as amazing if not more amazing than this one.
From the version that lead Belly copied this line is in the voice of the husband "My girl, my girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night" The next line was the wife answering "In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through". It goes on like that for a while until the wife gets a full stanza "My husband was a hardworking man Killed a mile and a half from here His head was found in a driving wheel And his body hasn't ever been found".
Fantastic song. A way better version then the Nirvana remake. The singers little side coments as he plays are just down right creepy.
Mark Lanaghen did a great version of this song, not as good as this one, but better then Nirvanas on one of his solo cd's.
Both are well worth getting a hold of.
Also, as a side note, any Twin Peaks fan's out there? A lot of this song seems to have some meaning to what goes on in the show. Ie) A lot of pine trees, girls sleep around, people dying and even on of teh songs on teh show is called "In the trees"
Mark Lanegan (notice no "h") did a wonderful cover of this traditional song as featured on "The Winding Sheet".
An interesting side note is that both Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic of Nirvana fame performed on Lanegan's cover.
The song itself is so timeless that it's very amazing to hear the myriads of different interpretations.
This is one of those songs where you can imagine living in it.
Great song! Does anyone know what the line "His head was found in a driving wheel" means?
The driving wheel is the lead wheel on the locomotive.
I thought this was about a woman whose husband was a railroad worker killed (decapitated) in a train accident (head found in the driving wheel of the train and body never found). Now she has no where to go and sleeps in the woods under the pine trees, where she shivers each night.
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This is leadbellys version of "In The Pines", Which he also does a direct cover of, which I posted lyrics to, though they not be exactly right as I couldnt make out the last line properly.