Judge give me life this morning down on Parchman Farm
Judge give me life this morning down on Parchman Farm
l  wouldn't hate it so bad but l left my wife and my home
Oh-uh goodbye wife     all you have done gone
Oh-uh goodbye wife     all you have done gone
But l hope some day you will hear my lonesome song

Oh-uh listen you men     l don't mean no harm
Oh-oh listen you men     l don't mean no harm
If you want to do, good, you better stay off of Parchman Farm
We go to work in the morning just the dawn of day
We go to work in the morning just the dawn of day
Just as the setting of the, sun. that's when the work is done
I'm down on old Parchman Farm l sure want to go back home
Well, I'm down on old Parchman Farm but l sure want to go back home
But l hope some day l wifl overcome