Sonny Terry lyrics

Jailhouse Blues blues lyrics

Now, the prison gate have opened, for me at last,
Be more carefull in the future, than I have been in the past.
Know the life of a racketeer, know the life of a crook,
Know the life of a no-good woman, like a line from a book.
Chorus: Now, jailhouse got me, put down here without a friend.
Well, now, I'm free at last, won't ever let them take me again.
Had a girl one time, wouldn't work or steal,
Broad came right out 'a Mississippi cotton field.
She wouldn't steal, on the verge of a doubt,
But she get you busted, wouldn't get you out.
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Come down to your jail, think you all rich,
Not to go to your bail, see how much time you gone get.
When the judge sentence you, mighty near a smile,
Know you'll be gone, for a long, long while.
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After you up the river, 'bout a month or more,
You recieve a letter from that gal you used to know.
'Bout three feet wide, nine page long,
Whole lotta talk 'bout what's goin' on.
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The letter said, Daddy, things out here have gotten mighty tight,
Had to rob two guys, before I could eat last night.
Meant to send you some money, but to my suprise,
I'd already sealed your letter, and the gum 'a had dried.