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Last Mile Blues
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You wonder why I'm grievin' and feelin' blue?
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All I do is moan and cry
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With me you'd be in sympathy if you only knew
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And here's the reason why:
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Have you heard what that mean old judge has done to me?
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He told the jury not to let my man go free
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There I stood with my heart so full of misery
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He must die on the gallows, that was the court's decree
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I walked the floor until his time was through
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The judge he said there's nothin' you can do
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He must die on the gallows, by his neck be hung
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He must pay with his life when that there trap is sprung
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He refused folks to talk until it was too late
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He gave his life to satisfy the State
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When they pull the black cap over my daddy's face
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Lord I beg the sheriff to let me take his place
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Now everyday I seem to see that news
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I cry to hide my tears but what's the use?
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Thirteen steps with his lovin' arms bound to his side
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With a smile on his face that's how my daddy died
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Last Mile Blues
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| Ida Cox |
