Digital Tradition Mirror

In the Pines (Black Girl)

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In the Pines (Black Girl)

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.

PT
OCT98

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