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