[Spoken Word, Announcer] The authorship of this next song is unknown, but we know it dates back to at least the 1870s as the lyrics reference of "Joe Brown's coal mine" point to this era in Georgia. The song originated in the Southern Appalachian region, it is a "murder ballad" or "blues ballad" characterized by its dark, haunting lyrics about unfaithfulness and a decapitation on the railroad. The First published lyrics was collected by Cecil Sharp in 1925, and the first recording on a wax cylinder was in 1926. It's a song that's well known by, believe it or not, five different titles! No kidding, and you know this song too, but probably not by it's original title: "Black Girl", nor it's original 1870s lyrics. But your about to hear a "Public Domain Radio" cover of it, right now! [Instrumental prelude] [Male] Black girl, black Girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? [Female] In the pines, In the [Instrumental prelude] [Male voice] Black girl, black Girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? [Male] Black girl, black Girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? [Female] In the pines, In the [Female voice] In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine I shivered the whole night through. [Male voice] Black girl, black girl, where will you go [Female voice] Im going where the cold wind blows In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine, I will shiver the whole night through. [Break] In the [Break, Ominous, dark, windy, cold, fx] In the pines (In the pines) In the pines (In the pines) Shiver the whole night through. In the pines (cold wind blows) In the pines (cold wind blows) Shiver the whole night through. [Male voice] Black girl, black Girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? [Female voice] In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine I shivered the whole night through. [Female voice] My Husband was a Railroad man, Killed a mile and a half from here, His head was found, In a drivers wheel, And his body hasn't never been found. (His head lay here, but his body's somewhere, here the sun don't shine, could be it's out in the pines) [Male voice] Black girl, black girl, where will [Female voice] Im going where the cold wind blows, You called me weak, and you called me the most [Male Voice] You called rita, bring me back home. Black girl, black Girl, dont lie to me, Tell me where you did be last night? [Female voice, outro] I was in the pines, In the pines, in the pines the sun don't shine, and I shivered the whole night through
