Sing Sing Prison Blues

Song Sing Sing Prison Blues
Artist Bessie Smith
Album The Complete Recordings Volume 2

Lyrics

[00:02.22] Gonna journey up the Hudson
[00:07.22] Goin' on a lonesome trail
[00:15.75] Gonna journey up the Hudson
[00:20.01] Goin' on a lonesome trail
[00:28.11] They can put me in the Death House
[00:31.65] Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail
[00:40.80] I wrote and asked the warden
[00:43.41] Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
[00:53.02] I wrote and asked the warden
[00:56.09] Why the called the jail the Sing Sing
[01:04.44] He said "Stand here by this rock pile
[01:08.18] And listen to them hammers ring"
[01:16.96] He turns in the court house
[01:20.59] Papers sellin' for fifty cents
[01:28.57] He turns in the court house
[01:32.17] Papers sellin' for fifty cents
[01:39.96] All the judge tryin' to tell me
[01:43.30] My lawyer's pleadin' self defense
[01:52.16] The judge said Listen Bessie
[01:55.84] Tell me why you killed your man
[02:04.25] The judge said Listen Bessie
[02:07.57] Tell me why you killed your man
[02:15.88] I said Judge you ain't no woman
[02:19.21] And you can't understand
[02:27.82] You can send me up the river
[02:31.16] Or send me to that mean old jail
[02:39.43] You can send me up the river
[02:42.55] Or send me to that mean old jail
[02:51.98] I killed my man and I don't need no bail