Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me: Where did you sleep last night? In the pines, in the pines, Where the sun never shines, I shivered the whole night long.
My father was a railroad man Killed a mile and a half from town. His head was found 'neath the driver's wheel. His body has never been found.
You caused me to weep; you caused me to moan You caused me to leave my home. I'm going where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines, Where the sun never shines, I'll shiver the whole night long.
The longest train I ever saw Was a hundred coaches long. And the only boy I ever loved Is on that train and gone.
Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me, Where did you sleep last night? In the pines, in the pines, Where the sun never shines, I shivered the whole night long.