A Black Matilda

O A Black 'Tilda
Don't fit for no grave
O A Black 'Tilda
By the lamb are we saved
For she done cast herself
For a black Matilda
And we spit down the hole with no name
O A Black 'Tilda
With briar for hair
O A Black 'Tilda
So proud and so fair
For she done shamed herself
For a black Matilda
And we spit down the hole with no name

O A Black 'Tilda
From the Barbary Shore
O A Black 'Tilda
The young master she lured
For she don't give no mind
For a black Matilda
And we spit down the hole with no name
O A Black 'Tilda
Went moan in the night
O A Black 'Tilda
Thought herself a wife
Don't the righteous fall quick
For a black Matilda?
And we spit down the hole with no name
O A Black 'Tilda
We walked through the wood
O A Black 'Tilda
Did scream of a child
There, the devil was cast
For a black Matilda
And we spit down the hole with no name
O A Black 'Tilda
Did rattle and cry
O A Black 'Tilda
A long time did die
But there's no need tear none
For a black Matilda
And we spit down the hole with no name
O A Black 'Tilda
Don't fit for no grave
O A Black 'Tilda
By the lamb are we saved
For she done cast herself
For a black Matilda
And we spit down the hole with no name