Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sing Sing Prison Blues (12-06-24), artist - Bessie Smith. Album song Complete Jazz Series 1924 - 1925, in the genre Джаз
Date of issue: 07.06.2009
Record label: Complete Jazz Series
Song language: English
Sing Sing Prison Blues (12-06-24) |
Gonna journey up the Hudson |
Goin' on a lonesome trail |
Gonna journey up the Hudson |
Goin' on a lonesome trail |
They can put me in the Death House |
Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail |
I wrote and asked the warden |
Why they called the jail the Sing Sing |
I wrote and asked the warden |
Why the called the jail the Sing Sing |
He said, «Stand here by this rock pile |
And listen to them hammers ring» |
He turns in the court house |
Papers sellin' for fifty cents |
He turns in the court house |
Papers sellin' for fifty cents |
All the judge tryin' to tell me |
My lawyer’s pleadin' self defense |
The judge said, «Listen, Bessie |
Tell me why you killed your man» |
The judge said, «Listen, Bessie |
Tell me why you killed your man» |
I said, «Judge, you ain’t no woman |
And you can’t understand» |
You can send me up the river |
Or send me to that mean old jail |
You can send me up the river |
Or send me to that mean old jail |
I killed my man and I don’t need no bail |