[00:02.12]Gonna journey up the Hudson
[00:07.12]Goin' on a lonesome trail
[00:15.65]Gonna journey up the Hudson
[00:19.91]Goin' on a lonesome trail
[00:28.01]They can put me in the Death House
[00:31.55]Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail
[00:40.70]I wrote and asked the warden
[00:43.31]Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
[00:52.92]I wrote and asked the warden
[00:55.99]Why the called the jail the Sing Sing
[01:04.34]He said "Stand here by this rock pile
[01:08.08]And listen to them hammers ring"
[01:16.86]He turns in the court house
[01:20.49]Papers sellin' for fifty cents
[01:28.47]He turns in the court house
[01:32.07]Papers sellin' for fifty cents
[01:39.86]All the judge tryin' to tell me
[01:43.20]My lawyer's pleadin' self defense
[01:52.06]The judge said Listen Bessie
[01:55.74]Tell me why you killed your man
[02:04.15]The judge said Listen Bessie
[02:07.47]Tell me why you killed your man
[02:15.78]I said Judge you ain't no woman
[02:19.11]And you can't understand
[02:27.72]You can send me up the river
[02:31.06]Or send me to that mean old jail
[02:39.33]You can send me up the river
[02:42.45]Or send me to that mean old jail
[02:51.88]I killed my man and I don't need no bail