![]() The song was also recorded by Vivian Stanshall and (as "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia") by Tokyo Blade. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, thanks largely to being championed by disc jockey John Peel on his Radio 1 evening show. Harrison Victor OrchestraWriter: Macdonald CarrollDuet accompaniment.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. ![]() Released as a single, the song reached No. ![]() In 1975, at a time when Laurel and Hardy films were popular on British television, the UK branch of United Artists Records produced an album of dialogue and songs, Laurel & Hardy – The Golden Age Of Hollywood Comedy, that included "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". Reilly as part of the 2019 biographical film Stan & Ollie. This stage routine was performed by actors Steve Coogan and John C. It was performed by Laurel and Hardy with The Avalon Boys and featured a section sung in deep bass by Chill Wills, lip-synced by Stan Laurel in the film, with the last line in falsetto (sung by Rosina Lawrence) after Ollie hit Stan on the head with a mallet. In it, the singer expresses his love for his girl, June, who is waiting. It was inspired by John Fox Jr.'s 1908 novel of the same title, but whereas the novel was set in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky, the song refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The song was featured in Laurel and Hardy's 1937 film Way Out West. 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine' is a popular song published in 1913, with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and music by Harry Carroll. It appears to have been first recorded in New York on 28 March 1913 by the Spanish-American tenor Manuel Romain and released in June of that year on issue number 1743 of the Edison Blue Amberol Record label. The chorus is: In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, On the trail of the lonesome pine- In the pale moonshine our hearts entwine, Where she carved her name and I carved mine Oh, June, like the mountains I'm blue- Like the pine I am lonesome for you, In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, On the trail of the lonesome pine. ' It was 24 in the Top 100 of the year according to one chart. On the trail of the lonesome pine In the pale moonshine our hearts entwine Where she carved her name and I carved mine Oh, June - like the mountains are blue Like the pine - I am lonesome for. Inspired by John Fox, Jr.'s 1908 novel of the same title, the song expresses the singer's love for his girl, June, who lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The Laurel & Hardy version of 'The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine' is by far the best known, and the song that first saw the light of day in 1913 was a surprise posthumous hit for them in the UK in 1975 when it was released as a single on United Artists backed by ' Honolulu Baby. "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" is a popular song published in 1913, with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and music by Harry Carroll.
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