<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Song </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1917 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Traditional </Td> </Tr> <P> "In the Pines", also known as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" and "Black Girl", is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs, "In the Pines" and "The Longest Train", both of whose authorship is unknown and date back to at least the 1870s . The songs originated in the Southern Appalachian area of the United States in the contiguous areas of Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky, Western North Carolina and Northern Georgia . </P>

Meaning of where did you sleep last night