Luigi, here's my transcription from the recording on Spotify from the 1973 album "The Sonet Blues Story" ANGOLA PENITENTIARY BLUES Lord, I had a fall I had a fall in 1955 Lord, I had a fall, bad In 1955 The police picked me up Handcuffed me Carried me to jail Locked me down They tried me for my life April the 6th, 1956 They sent me to Angola Not to lie, not to lie They tried me for my life Tried to electrocute the poor boy You know, I told 'em You can't electrocute me, no, no I said, "I got a man in here in this courthouse Holds all power in his hand" They asked me "What man that you'se talking about?" I was looking dead down at the Bible, you know I said "God above Got all the power over me and you" Yeah, you gonna send me to your pen I ain't think about your electric chair at all Oh, you gonna send me to your pen And I ain't gonna be there long Oh, yeah, you gonna send me to your pen Lord, I ain't gonna be there long Mhmmm, Lord Didn't know you got the poor boy your way But that's all right, that's all right One of these old days, one of these old days Lord, I'm gonna walk out this old lonesome pen You can treat me dirty here But God got His eyes on you Yeah, you can treat me dirty here But God got His eyes on you They gave me my sentence Not to lie I said "That's alright, that's alright I'll take that as His call" * But I won't be here long They sent me April the 6th 1956 Fifty nine, fifty nine ** I was at home with my kin (quietly) Yeah, Lord, buddy Well, that's when I met poor Hattie Mae *** In the east country that Spring Mhmmm * Less sure about this line. Maybe "I'll take death as it comes" or something else entirely ** As in 1959, the year he was released to "servitude parole" *** Robert's wife
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