Last Mile Blues (Take 2)-Ida Cox

[ti:Last Mile Blues (Take 2)] [ar:Ida Cox] [al:Ida Cox Vol. 5 (1939-1940)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Last Mile Blues (Take 2) - Ida Cox [00:10.29]You wonder why i'm grieving and feel in blue [00:14.39] [00:15.39]All i do is moan and cry [00:18.70] [00:20.41]With me you'd be in sympathy if you only knew [00:24.54] [00:26.02]And here's the reason why [00:27.91] [00:29.94]Have you heard what that mean old judge has done to me [00:35.64] [00:40.84]He told the jury not to let my man go free [00:46.34] [00:50.54]There i stood with my heart so full of misery [00:57.37] [01:00.73]He must die on the gallows that was the court's decree [01:06.92] [01:11.47]I walked the floor until his time was through [01:17.48] [01:21.71]The judge he said there's nothing you can do [01:27.76] [01:31.41]He must die on the gallows by his neck be hung [01:37.36] [01:41.63]He must pay with his life when that there trap is sprung [01:47.37] [01:52.19]He refused folks to talk until it was too late [01:57.87] [02:02.90]He gave his life to satisfy the state [02:08.67] [02:12.60]When they pull the black cap over my daddy's face [02:18.56] [02:22.98]Lord i beg the sheriff to let me take his place [02:29.40] [02:34.01]Now everyday i seem to see that news [02:41.16] [02:44.54]I cry to hide my tears but what's the use [02:52.39] [02:53.86]Thirteen steps with his loving arms bound to his side [03:00.38] [03:05.00]With a smile on his face that's how my daddy died