[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