Help me change the lyrics of "The Pines/Where did you sleep last night" a bit

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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So for some reason I started to sing the chorus of this song to my little boy starting when he was about 6 months old. I never really thought about or recalled any of the other lyrics (the song I think came to mind after playing the second season of The Walking Dead game). I changed the “little girl, little girl” part to “my boy, my boy”, but otherwise the lyrics of the chorus stayed the same.

He’s two now and he’s always asking me to sing: “My boy, my boy”, so I learned the chords for guitar, and went looking for the rest of the lyrics to add some more verses to the song. But, man, the lyrics, as dark as they already were, turn out to be stuff I’d rather not sing to him:

little girl little girl dont lie to me
tell me where did you sleep last night
in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines
we’ll shiver the whole night through

my daddy was a railroad man
killed a mile and a half from here
his head was found in the driver’s wheel
his body was never found

in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines
we’ll shiver the whole night through

you’ve caused me to weep
you’ve caused me to mourn
caused me to lose my home

little girl little girl
where’d you sleep last night
not even your mother knows
in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines
we’ll shiver when the cold winds blow

Now, if finding stuff to rhyme with violets are blue is all it took to come up with some poetic replacement lyrics, I wouldn’t need you guys. So if you’ve got a few minutes to burn and want to give some alternative lyrics a shot, I’d be grateful.

Something relevant to a father/son relationship would be cool!

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Banged this off in a few minutes, change as you see fit…
My Boy, My Boy don’t lie to me
tell me where did you sleep last night
in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines
we’ll shiver the whole night through

my daddy was a camping man
slept a mile and a half from here
his tent was blue and slept only two
his campfire skills were few.

in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines
we’ll shiver the whole night through

you’ve caused me to weep
you’ve caused me to mourn
caused me to eat cold beans.

My Boy, My Boy
where’d you sleep last night
not even your mother knows
in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines
we’ll shiver when the cold winds blow

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Oh man, this is excellent and describes my camping skills to a T. Thanks so much, he’ll get a kick out of this :slight_smile:

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You’re very welcome. :slight_smile: BTW, where did you get the chords for the song; also is it the Leadbelly or Nirvana version?

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I love this song. My husbands band used to perform it. What a fun rendition!

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I had my Blues playlist on yesterday, and listened to Robert Johnson’s rendition. He sings ‘Black girl, black girl…’

I can’t remember the first time I heard the song, which was sung by Johnson, but I’ve always liked it. (Heck, I just like Blues! :stuck_out_tongue: )