Sing Sing Prison Blues-Bessie Smith/Texas Wranglers

[ti:Sing Sing Prison Blues] [ar:Bessie Smith] [al:The Complete Recordings Volume] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sing Sing Prison Blues - Bessie Smith/Texas Wranglers [00:02.73]Gonna journey up the Hudson [00:07.22]Goin' on a lonesome trail [00:15.60]Gonna journey up the Hudson [00:19.54]Goin' on a lonesome trail [00:27.97]They can put me in the Death House [00:31.47]Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail [00:40.79]I wrote and asked the warden [00:43.47]Why they called the jail the Sing Sing [00:52.98]I wrote and asked the warden [00:56.04]Why the called the jail the Sing Sing [01:04.41]He said "Stand here by this rock pile [01:08.16]And listen to them hammers ring" [01:16.91]He turns in the court house [01:20.41]Papers sellin' for fifty cents [01:28.48]He turns in the court house [01:32.16]Papers sellin' for fifty cents [01:39.91]All the judge tryin' to tell me [01:43.29]My lawyer's pleadin' self defense [01:52.16]The judge said “Listen Bessie [01:55.78]Tell me why you killed your man” [02:04.41]The judge said “Listen Bessie [02:07.35]Tell me why you killed your man” [02:16.03]I said “Judge you ain't no woman [02:19.23]And you can't understand” [02:27.97]You can send me up the river [02:31.04]Or send me to that mean old jail [02:39.35]You can send me up the river [02:42.54]Or send me to that mean old jail [02:51.78]I killed my man and I don't need no bail