The Convict and the Rose
Hank Snow
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Within my prison cell so dreary I sit alone with achin' heart I'm dreamin' of my little darlin' From her forever, I must part The rose she sent me as a token She sent it just to lighten my gloom And tell me that her heart was broken And cheer me before I meet my doom She wrote I picked it from the garden, Where once we wandered side by side. Now you hold no hope of pardon, And I can never be your bride. The judge would not believe my story The jury said I had to pay And with the rose in all its glory "Not guilty" was all that I could say Goodbye, sweetheart, for in the morning To meet my Maker I must go And when I die at daylight's dawnin' Against my heart they'll find this rose Within my prison cell so dreary I sit alone with achin' heart I'm dreamin' of my little darlin' From her forever, I must part
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Written by: B. CHAPIN, R.A. KING
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