Black girl, black girl, tell me no lies, where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines To shiver, the whole night through
Her husband was a railroad man, killed at the driving wheel She found his body all crushed & torn under the twisted steel
It caused her to weep, it caused her to moan It caused her to lose her mind She thought of how she lost her man, So brave, so gentle & kind
Now she wonders alone beneath the trees, she’s happy to mourn her man And the cold wind blows to chill her bones And sea mist hangs over her head
Black girl, black girl, Where will you go? She goes where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines To shiver, the whole night through