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Bessie Smith Sing Sing Prison Blues Lyrics
(feat. Buster Bailey, Don Redman & Fred Longshaw)Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.75/10 [8 votes]Album: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 / Original Release Date: 1991-09-05Genre: BluesSong Duration: 3 min 03 sec
BESSIE SMITH
- Sing Sing Prison Blues Lyrics (feat. Buster Bailey, Don Redman & Fred Longshaw) / with translationsGonna journey up the Hudson
Goin' on a lonesome trail
Gonna journey up the Hudson
Goin' on a lonesome trail
They can put me in the Death House
Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail
I wrote and asked the warden
Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
I wrote and asked the warden
Why the called the jail the Sing Sing
He said, "Stand here by this rock pile
And listen to them hammers ring"
He turns in the court house
Papers sellin' for fifty cents
He turns in the court house
Papers sellin' for fifty cents
All the judge tryin' to tell me
My lawyer's pleadin' self defense
The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
I said, "Judge, you ain't no woman
And you can't understand"
You can send me up the river
Or send me to that mean old jail
You can send me up the river
Or send me to that mean old jail
I killed my man and I don't need no bail
Goin' on a lonesome trail
Gonna journey up the Hudson
Goin' on a lonesome trail
They can put me in the Death House
Or keep me in the Sing Sing Jail
I wrote and asked the warden
Why they called the jail the Sing Sing
I wrote and asked the warden
Why the called the jail the Sing Sing
He said, "Stand here by this rock pile
And listen to them hammers ring"
He turns in the court house
Papers sellin' for fifty cents
He turns in the court house
All the judge tryin' to tell me
My lawyer's pleadin' self defense
The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
The judge said, "Listen, Bessie
Tell me why you killed your man"
I said, "Judge, you ain't no woman
And you can't understand"
You can send me up the river
Or send me to that mean old jail
You can send me up the river
Or send me to that mean old jail
I killed my man and I don't need no bail
Facts about Sing Sing Prison Blues
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Sing Sing Prison Blues is first released on September 05, 1991 as part of Bessie Smith's album "The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2" which includes 37 tracks in total.
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Sing Sing Prison Blues falls under the genre Blues.
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Sing Sing Prison Blues song length is 3 minutes and 03 seconds.
When was Sing Sing Prison Blues released?
Sing Sing Prison Blues is first released on September 05, 1991 as part of Bessie Smith's album "The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2" which includes 37 tracks in total.
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Which genre is Sing Sing Prison Blues?
Sing Sing Prison Blues falls under the genre Blues.
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How long is the song Sing Sing Prison Blues?
Sing Sing Prison Blues song length is 3 minutes and 03 seconds.
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Sing Sing Prison Blues
Bessie Smith
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