Текст (слова) песни: flatt and scruggs - Ninety Nine Years Is Almost For Life
The courtroom was crowded the judge waited there My mother was crying when I left my chair The sentence were sharpful they cut like a knife For ninety ninety years folks is almost for life I dreamed of the whistle I heard the bells ring My sweetheart was coming some good news to bring I knew that she loved me and that she`d be true She said she would save me I`m guilty as you She went for a pardon or else for parole I know she`ll come back for she`s part of my soul If she ever fails me I`d be mighty blue I`ll stay in this jailhouse I`ll die in here too [ dobro ] They said I was a criminal and to my despair They sent me to Nashville and shaved off my hair So come hear my story I`ll tell you my fate I`m serving in Nashville for another man`s hate I just got a letter from Nashville town and after I read it my spirit broke down It`s sad that my sweetheart and the judge would be wed And here in this jailhouse I wish I was dead No matter how right folks a man he may be Bad company will sent him to prison like me So take a good woman and make her your wife For ninety ninety years folks is almost for life
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