Orleans Parish Prison

Johnny Cash

Transposer:

Well have you seen my dark-haired girl? She was set on her love to a hungry world They got her clothes and the money she took And they wrote her name in the prison book Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark-haired girl? She's tired and cold and you got the gold She took from a hungry world Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark-haired girl? Well have you seen my green-eyed son? He shot a man down with a sawed off gun And they found him down by the Pontchartrain Where they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green-eyed son? I heard him say as they led him away Sorry for what he's done Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green-eyed son? Well have you missed my brother man? He took a little money with a gun in his hand Now the kids are hungry and the wife ain't well And the daddy's locked up in a prison cell Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man? I know it's sad but he ain't bad He's doing the best he can Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man? Orleans Parish Prison i miss my green-eyed son I love my dark-haired girl I need my brother man Orleans Parish Prison i wish you'd free them if you can

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