Behind These Stone Walls-The Carter Family

[ti:Behind These Stone Walls] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:Volume Two 1935-1941] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Behind These Stone Walls - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:03.77]Was in St Louis City where I first saw the light [00:07.64] [00:08.30]Brought up by honest parents in the pathway of right [00:12.10] [00:13.67]I was left an orphan at the age of ten years [00:17.59] [00:18.14]On mother's grave I've shed many tears [00:22.11] [00:24.64]I'd scarcely reached manhood when I left my old home [00:29.05]With some other fellows through the west we did roam [00:32.82] [00:34.28]Seeking employment though scarcely could find [00:38.12] [00:38.70]We seemed so poor and the people unkind [00:42.76] [00:52.77]Was in New York City where we first met our fate [00:56.51] [00:57.14]We were arrested while roaming the street [01:00.97] [01:02.01]The charges were burglary the theft it was small [01:06.22] [01:06.76]But they said it would place us behind the stone wall [01:10.30] [01:13.08]We were marched next morning to the courthouse for trial [01:16.90] [01:17.42]My pal was downhearted though I gave him a smile [01:21.10] [01:22.72]We pleaded for mercy but was shown none at all [01:27.04]They gave us twenty years behind the stone wall [01:30.72] [01:40.87]We were handcuffed next morning [01:42.80]And marched to the pen [01:44.45] [01:45.02]We arrived there at midnight with a few other men [01:48.70] [01:50.30]The doors were thrown open we marched in the hall [01:53.90] [01:54.43]We'd learn to be a convict behind the stone wall [01:58.11] [02:00.90]While lying at night on a pallet of straw [02:05.14]I swore I would never again break the law [02:08.83] [02:10.42]There's none but your mother to bear your downfall [02:15.01]When you are a convict behind the stone wall [02:18.43] [02:28.65]Come all you young fellows and listen to me [02:32.22] [02:32.74]When you lose at life's pleasure you've lost liberty [02:36.18] [02:37.99]I've tasted life's pleasure it's bitterer than gall [02:41.80] [02:42.31]It'll lead to a cell behind the stone wall