Lyrics only, ready for you arranging, music and vocals.
The Prisoner’s Song
This old prison is so cold and lonely
All the walls are made of hard granite stone
I wouldn’t be in prison, if only
Oh, if I had left well enough alone
As I look through the bars at the starlight
I’m thinking of that girl who was my own
And I dream about her in the midnight
As mournfully I sing The Prisoner’s Song
The warden said I must die tomorrow
And my sweetheart will be left all alone
Oh, I’m not the only one in sorrow
Many others have sung The Prisoner’s Song
– instrumental –
Now, my sweetheart and I planned together
To live in a small cottage I would build
Tomorrow I’ll be laid neath the heather
For a crime another man has fulfilled
If only I could fly o’er the rampart
I’d tell my sweetheart that I did no wrong
Maybe she would open up her kind heart
And I wouldn’t sing this Prisoner’s Song
@griffith10 Feb 2022
I like the song and think it will make a great old style country song..Let me know when you get the music added.