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Do you know this one?
https://youtu.be/4Jp2Vc_q7q4
And alsoThis album and his ‘71 eponymous one are corkers
Do you know this one?
https://youtu.be/4Jp2Vc_q7q4
And also
This album and his ‘71 eponymous one are corkers
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Went Down a bit of a rabbit hole with the song: in the pines/where did you sleep last night?/Black Girl
It’s a composite of at least 2 folk songs and has been dated as far back as 1840, but elements are probably far older.
There are various themes; a destitute woman, a jealous husband, a concerned lover/friend/parent/sibling, possessive pimp, . Technological progress and a big train, a corrupt politician, an industrial accident, murder, a yearning to escape.
The emphasis of the themes seem to be drawn along class and racial lines.
You will probably know this version
https://youtu.be/hEMm7gxBYSc
Which was fed by
https://youtu.be/PsfcUZBMSSg
Leadbelly variation under the title of “Black Girl” the emphasis changes
https://youtu.be/4hCZ2s1k2HY
But on the other side of the tracks you have
https://youtu.be/q5hdNAeWTls
It’s all about the train
https://youtu.be/f1_pfC-q7T0
And then circling back to something this century
https://youtu.be/3C361J6xLMg