Sing Sing Prison Blues-Bessie Smith

[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