“The Tall Pine Tree (The Samsonville Song)”

Description

At the foot of the tall pine tree is a brook which runs through Samsonville. The brook powers the mill that feeds Samsonville. The singer(s) love the pine tree, where they "get a chance for to take a glance at the girls in Samsonville"

Supplemental text

Tall Pine Tree, The (The Samsonville Song)
  Partial text(s)

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The Tall Pine Tree

From Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, Norman Studer, Folk Songs
of the Catskills, #176, p. 636. As sung by Celia Kelder and Mary
Avery.

That tall pine tree you plainly see
Over yonder, on the hill,
And beneath its roots there's a little brook
That descends through Samsonville;
And beneath its roots there's a little brook
That descends through Samsonville.

(2 additional stanzas)

Notes

A parody of "The Old Pine Tree," written in 1849 by Charles White. - RBW

References

1. FSCatskills 177, "The Tall Pine Tree, or, The Samsonville Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ST FSC177 (Partial)
3. BI, FSC177