Sing Sing Prison Blues-Bessie Smith

[00:02.12]Gonna journey up the Hudson [00:07.12]Goin' on a lonesome trail [00:15.65]Gonna journey up the Hudson [00:19.91]Goin' on a lonesome trail [00:28.01]They can put me in the Death House [00:31.55]Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail [00:40.70]I wrote and asked the warden [00:43.31]Why they called the jail the Sing Sing [00:52.92]I wrote and asked the warden [00:55.99]Why the called the jail the Sing Sing [01:04.34]He said "Stand here by this rock pile [01:08.08]And listen to them hammers ring" [01:16.86]He turns in the court house [01:20.49]Papers sellin' for fifty cents [01:28.47]He turns in the court house [01:32.07]Papers sellin' for fifty cents [01:39.86]All the judge tryin' to tell me [01:43.20]My lawyer's pleadin' self defense [01:52.06]The judge said Listen Bessie [01:55.74]Tell me why you killed your man [02:04.15]The judge said Listen Bessie [02:07.47]Tell me why you killed your man [02:15.78]I said Judge you ain't no woman [02:19.11]And you can't understand [02:27.72]You can send me up the river [02:31.06]Or send me to that mean old jail [02:39.33]You can send me up the river [02:42.45]Or send me to that mean old jail [02:51.88]I killed my man and I don't need no bail