In the Pines
Lyrics: Melissa Ferlaak (verses)/Leadbelly (chorus)
Original song: Leadbelly
Arrangement: Will Maravelas

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 don’t ever shine
I shivered the whole night through. "

Her husband was a mason man, secrets unfortold
She caught him with a little boy, and shot him in cold blood.
"I took his head, and ate his heart, the juice ran down my chin
I heard the dogs, ran from my home and in the woods did roam."

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 don’t ever shine
I shivered the whole night through."

They found her sleeping in the pines, cradling his head
"They strung a noose, kicked the box under my shoes, and never cut me loose."

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 don’t ever shine
I shivered the whole night through."