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jelly roll morton - the murder ballad lyrics

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i know you’ve got my man
i know you’ve got my man
try to hold him if you can

i know that man don’t want nobody but me
i know my man don’t want nobody but me
if you don’t believe it, i’ve got his room key

if you don’t leave my fuckin’ man alone
if you don’t leave my fuckin’ man alone
you won’t know what way that you will go home

i’ll cut your throat and drink your fuckin’ blood like wine
bitch, i’ll cut your fuckin’ throat and drink your blood like wine
because i want you know he’s a man of mine

i tol’ you once, i’m not gonna tell you anymore
i tol’ you once, i’m not gonna tell you anymore
right into the barren ground your big black ass will go

i’m gonna tell him, i’m gonna tell him ‘bout you
i’m gonna tell him, i’m gonna tell him ‘bout you
he’ll either have me, or he won’t havе you, too

let me tell you onе of the things that i’ve said
let me tell you one of the things that i’ve said
the bitch that fucks my man, they’ll find among the dead
i know you don’t believe a thing that i say
i know you don’t believe a thing that i say
if you don’t leave my man alone
they’ll find you every decoration day

now let me tell you, i don’t wanna tell you anymore
let me tell you, don’t wanna tell you anymore
i catch you again, you be on that floor

if i see my man hanging ’round your door
if i see my man hanging ’round your door
if i see my man hanging ’round your door

tell me, baby, what you doin’ comin’ out that bitch’s house?
tell me, baby, what you doin’ comin’ out that bitch’s house?
i don’t think she’s no good, she’s a great big louse

if she comes out here, that’ll be her last time
(what did you say?)
i said, if you come out here, that will be your last time
i’ll teach you some lessons ‘bout fuckin’ a man of mine

she said, i’m coming out, i’d like to see someone stop me
she said, i’m coming out, i’d like to see a bitch like you stop me
this ain’t no slavery time and i’m sure that i’m free
yes, come on, bitch, your day has come
yes, come on, bitch, your day has come
you fucked my man, but you will never fuck another one

she pulled out a pistol and shot her right in her eyes
she pulled out a pistol, shot her right in her eyes
she said, open your legs, you dirty bitch, i’m gonna shoot you between your thighs

she said i killed that bitch because she fucked my man
she said i killed that bitch because she fucked my man
she said i killed that bitch ’cause she fucked my man

policeman grabbed her and took her to jail
policeman grabbed her and took her to jail
there was no one to go that po’ gal’s bail

she got in the jailhouse, they asked you what you there for?
her inmates in the jailhouse, “what are you here for?”
she said, i killed that bitch, that’s what i’m here for

you a murder, that’s why you in jail
you a murderer, that’s why you in jail
they had you pretty soon, they was on your trail
(+cough+ oh that good whiskey, makes me moan!)

her trial came up, she was in front of the judge
her trial come up, she went in front of the judge, (+cough+)
her attorney tried to give the judge a nudge
the jury said that girl is here
the jury said that girl is here
the jury said that murdering girl is here

the prosecutor said, today we dishing out years
prosecutor said, today, gal, we dishing out years
so be careful, don’t have your fears

she said, judge, i killed her ‘cause she had my man
she said, i killed her because she had my man
i killed that bitch ‘cause she had my man

i’d rather be in…
dead in my grave, than hear that bitch havin’ my sweet man
i’d rather be dead in grave, hear her havin’ my sweet man
i’d be dead in grave, let her have my sweet man

jury found her guilty, she must go to jail
jury found her guilty, she must go to jail
up the river to baton rouge is her trail

judge said, fifty years for killing the woman that loved your man
judge said, fifty years for the woman that you killed loving your man
i wish that i could help you, but i’m sure that i can’t

so, the poor gal has took away to that mournful jail

they brought that gal to the prison gates
they brought that gal to the prison gates
they brought that gal to the prison gates

the keeper said, hard labor is your task
yes, the keeper said, hard labor is your task
there’s anymore questions, don’t you forget to ask

your number is nine ninety+three
your prison number is nine ninety+three
start to workin’ right under that great big tree

coffee and bread is all you will get
coffee and bread is all that you will get
outside when it rain, you are sure to get wet

don’t you wish you hadda let that woman have your man?
don’t you wish you had a let that woman have your man?
there’s lotta others that you could had your man

time is comin’ that a woman don’t need no man
(that’s what she said when she’s in jail)
time is comin’ a woman won’t need no man
you can get it off with your beautiful hand

woman, woman, what have you been doin’?
woman, woman, what have you been doin’?
this jailhouse has brought you way out to ruin

i can’t have a man, so a woman is my next bet
i can’t have a man in here; a woman is my next bet
she said to a good+looking mama, “baby, i’ll get you yet.”

they went to sleep that night, the other gal crawled in her bed
they went just to sleep that night, the other gal crawled in her bed
she says, “i’m gonna get some of this cunt, you bitch, i said.”

she said, gal, when i get through, you’ll think i’m a man
she said, when i get through, you’ll think that i’m a man
i’m gonna fuck you bitch, that you think i’m a man

she had a thing just the same as mine
she had a thing just the same as mine
we rub together, my, but it was fine

she said, i could learn to love you like i did that boy
she said, i could learn to love you like i did that boy
to play with my thing, like that, is pleasure like a toy

every mornin’, i want you give me some of this good cunt you’ve got
every mornin’, i want you to give me some of this good cunt you’ve got
because it sure is fine, it is good and hot

i want you to screw me, screw me like a dog
screw me behind, sweet bitch, screw me like a dog
when it gets good, i want to holler out like a hog

years and years i could take a prick just like a mule
i could take a great big prick just like a great big mule
i found out, what a big damn fool

i hustled night and day for that man of mine
i hustled day and night for that man of mine
now i am through, i’m behind the walls for a long time

ask my sister, please don’t be like me
ask my sister, please don’t be like me
it’s better do n’t have the things you don’t want and go free

now i’m back here for my natural life
i’m back here for my natural life
all i had, i ain’t got nothing but my life

if the gods of heaven would show me how
if the gods of heaven would show me how
i could get away from here, i would leave right now

prison walls isn’t made for people to go
prison walls ain’t made for people to go
i killed that gal, but i never will know

i’m sorry, sorry, sorry to my heart
i’m sorry, babe, sorry to my heart
i’m sorry that that argument ever did start

i’m in jail now, and he’s got him another bitch
yes, i’m in jail, and my man’s got another bitch
i hate him too; he’s a dirty rotten son+of+a+bitch

i pray, and pray, and pray, and pray
i pray, and pray, and prayed
that the lord will show me another day

i jeopardized my life for that no good man
i jeopardized my life for that no good man
i jeopardized my life for that no good man
(yeah.)

and at last, there’s nothing else for me to do
at last, there’s nothing else for me to do
i’m gonna die in here, and i hope my man does, too

goodbye the world, and i am gone
goodbye to the world because i know i’m gone

goodbye to the world, i know i’m gone
goodbye to the world, because i know i’m gone
and i’ll be gone out a long, long, long

i hope heaven will be my home
i hope heaven will be my home
no more on this earth for me to roam

sinners, sinners, sinners, won’t you pray for me?
sinners, sinners, won’t you pray for me?
pray for me, to let the devil let me be

when i’m dead, and dead way down in my grave
when i’m dead, dead way down in my grave
no more good peter of that man i’ll crave

i won’t be buried like all my family was
i won’t be buried like my family was
i won’t be buried like my family was

they will put me in a box in the prison yard
they will put me in a box in the prison yard
not even a tombstone, or not even a card

there won’t be nobody followin’ behind myself
there will be nobody followin’, it will be me by myself
they’ll lower me in the ground, i won’t be on the shelf

if you get outta here, try to be a good girl
(aww, i hadda tell ’em.)
girls, if you get out of here, try to be a good girl
that’s the only way you gonna wear your diamonds and pearls

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