Left my gal in the mountains
I left her standing in the rain
Went down to the depot
Caught myself a midnight train
Made my way down to Georgia
Land it in a gambling town
Got myself in trouble cause
I shot a county sheriff down
The jury read the verdict
Murder in the first degree
The judge said take that prisoner
To the penitentiary
They put the handcuffs on me
Put me on the pullman train
Took me to Atlanta
Tied me with a ball and chain
Left my gal in the mountains
I left her standing all alone
Last night I dreamed I got a letter saying
"Baby, won't you please come home"
She told me that she loved me
Said that she loved me true
Then I dreamed I wrote a letter saying
"I'm a coming home to you"
Then I awoke up this morning
Laying in Atlanta jail
No one here to love me
No one to go my bail
Prison bars all around me
Guards are walking by my door
I'm so sad and lonely cause
I'll never see my gal no more
I'll never see my gal no more