In the Pines - Jackson C. Frank

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 through

My daddy was a railway man

Died a mile and a half from town

His head was found in a driver wheel

His body has never been found

I wish to my Lord I had never seen your face

Heard your lying tongue

You cause me to weep and you cause me to moan

I’m sorry you ever were born

My daddy’s ma was an engineer

My sister drove a hack van

I worked out in the engine yard

All day I balled the jack

Black girl, black girl, don’t lie to me

Tell me where, where did you sleep last night?

In the pines, in the pines

Where the sun never shines

I shivered the whole night through