Robert Wilkins — Nashville Stonewall

I stayed in jail, it was for thirty long days When that woman said she loved me, I could not see her face I looked out the window, saw the long-chain man Aw, he's comin' to call the boys name by name He's gonna take me from here to Nashville, Tennessee He's gonna take me right back, boys, where I used to be I got a letter from home, reckon how it read? I got a letter from home, reckonin' how it read? It said, "Son, come on home to your mama, she's sick and nearly dead" I sit down and cried, and I screamed and squalled Said, "I cannot come home, mama, I'm behind these walls" Every mornin', 'bout four, boys, it might be half past You oughta see me down in the foundries, tryin' to do my task Cause the judge he sentenced me, boys, from five to ten I get out, I'm gonna kill that woman, I'll be right back again