Murder In The First Degree-Victoria Spivey

[ti:Murder In The First Degree] [ar:Victoria Spivey] [al:Harlem Blues] [offset:0] [00:02.30]Murder In The First Degree - Victoria Spivey [00:06.84]Well I'm layin' here in this jailhouse scared as any fool can be [00:12.84] [00:18.00]Well I'm layin' here in this jailhouse scared as any fool can be [00:24.77] [00:29.85]I believe they're gonna hang me from what my lawyer said to me [00:37.06] [00:42.04]My man got runnin' around with a woman he know I can't stand [00:48.38] [00:52.88]My man got runnin' around with a woman he know I can't stand [00:59.97] [01:04.37]There's one notch on my gun and the world's rid of one triflin' man [01:11.21] [01:16.02]I scrubbed them pots and kettles I washed and ironed them white folks' clothes [01:23.26] [01:27.75]I scrubbed them pots and kettles I washed and ironed them white folks' clothes [01:35.24] [01:39.77]Any charge that I'm makin' I killed him Judge and that's all I know [01:46.54] [01:51.55]Judge if you had killed your woman and had to come before me [01:57.04] [02:03.02]If you'da killed a woman who trifled and had to come before me [02:08.94] [02:14.74]I'd send her to the gallows and Judge would let you go free [02:22.02] [02:26.66]I said I ain't done nothin but killed a man what belonged to me [02:32.83] [02:38.50]I said I ain't done nothin but killed a man what belonged to me [02:45.08] [02:50.31]And here they got me charged with murder in the first degree [02:58.02]