Black girl, black, girl, don't you lie to me,
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines where the sun never shines,
And I shivered the whole night through.
My father he was a railroad man
About a mile and a half from here
His head was found near the driver's wheel
His body has never been found.
He caused me to weep, he caused me to moan
He caused me to leave my home
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines,
Where I shiver the whole night through
The longest train I ever saw
Was a hundred coaches long
And the only one I ever loved
Is on that train and gone.
Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me,
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines,
And I shivered the whole night through.