Last Mile Blues (Take 1)-Ida Cox

[ti:Last Mile Blues (Take 1)] [ar:Ida Cox] [al:Ida Cox Vol. 5 (1939-1940)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Last Mile Blues (Take 1) - Ida Cox [00:09.76]You wonder why I'm grieving [00:11.50]And feeling blue [00:13.93] [00:14.54]All I do is moan and cry [00:18.42] [00:19.35]With me you'd be in sympathy [00:21.87]If you only knew [00:23.84] [00:24.76]And here's the reason why [00:28.00] [00:28.57]Have you heard what [00:31.21]That mean old judge has done to me [00:36.27] [00:39.04]He told the jury not to let my man go free [00:46.80] [00:48.39]There I stood [00:50.31] [00:50.83]With my heart so full of misery [00:56.57] [00:58.15]He must die on the gallows [01:00.60] [01:01.23]That was the court's decree [01:06.11] [01:08.03]I walked the floor [01:09.98]Until his time was through [01:16.30] [01:18.41]The judge he said there's [01:20.98] [01:21.58]Nothing you can do [01:26.11] [01:27.66]He must die on the gallows [01:31.41]By his neck be hung [01:35.73] [01:37.69]He must pay with his life [01:40.04] [01:40.70]When that there trap is sprung [01:45.97] [01:47.97]He refused folks to talk [01:51.28]Until it was too late [01:55.91] [01:58.31]He gave his life to satisfy the state [02:05.98] [02:07.84]When they pull the black cap down [02:11.71]Over my daddy's face [02:16.22] [02:17.75]Lord I beg the sheriff [02:20.29] [02:20.97]To let me take his place [02:26.25] [02:28.46]Now everyday I seem to see that news [02:36.48] [02:38.47]I cry to hide my tears [02:42.45]But what's the use [02:46.54] [02:47.93]Thirteen steps with his loving arms bound to his side [02:56.66] [02:58.24]With a smile on his face [03:00.80]That's how my daddy died