Bill Monroe - Roane County Prison Lyrics

Lyrics Roane County Prison - Bill Monroe



In the beautiful hills in the mists of Roane County
There's where I have roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tendin' most ever
There's where the first step of misfortune I made
It's about 30 years when I courted and married
Armanda Gilbraith, I'd soon call my wife
Her brother, he stabbed me for some unknown reason
Just three month's later, I'd taken Tom's life
I was captured and tried in the village of Kingston
Not a man in that county would speak one kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next mornin'
A lifetime in prison was the words that I heard
When the train pulled out poor Mother stood weepin'
And sister she sat all alone with a sigh
And the last words I heard was "Willy God bless you"
Was "Willy God bless you God bless you goodbye"
In the scorching hot sand of the foundry I'm workin'
Toiling and working my poor life away
They'll measure my grave on the banks of old Cumberland
Just as soon as I finish the rest of my days
Boys when you write home from this prison in Nashville
Place one of my songs in your letter for me



Writer(s): Joe Ahr


Bill Monroe - Bill Monroe: All Time Greatest Hits
Album Bill Monroe: All Time Greatest Hits
date of release
14-10-2008

1 Bluegrass Ramble
2 New Mule Skinner Blues
3 House of Gold
4 My Little Georgia Rose
5 Panhandle Country
6 Memories Of You
7 Scotland
8 Alabama Waltz
9 No One But My Darlin'
10 I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome
11 Big Mon
12 I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning
13 Monroe's Hornpipe
14 Boat Of Love
15 The Old Fiddler
16 Uncle Pen
17 When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall
18 Lord Protect My Soul
19 River Of Death
20 Letter From My Darling
21 On The Old Kentucky Shore
22 Poison Love
23 Kentucky Waltz
24 Prisoner's Song
25 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
26 Angels Rock Me To Sleep
27 Travelin' Blues
28 When The Cactus Is In Bloom
29 Sailor's Plea
30 My Carolina Sunshine Girl
31 Ben Dewberry's Final Run
32 Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
33 Those Gambler's Blues
34 Highway of Sorrow
35 Rotation Blues
36 Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues
37 You're Drifting Away
38 Cabin of Love
39 Get Down On Your Knees and Pray
40 The First Whipoorwill
41 In The Pines
42 Walking In Jerusalem
43 Memories of Mother and Dad
44 The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake
45 Country Waltz
46 Don't Put It Off Til Tomorrow
47 My Dying Bed
48 A Mighty Pretty Waltz
49 Pike County Breakdown
50 Wishing Waltz
51 I Hope You Have Learned
52 Get Up John
53 Sitting Alone In the Moonlight
54 Plant Some Flowers By My Grave
55 Changing Partners
56 On And On
57 I Believed In You
58 New John Henry Blues
59 White House Blues
60 Happy On My Way
61 I'm Working On A Building
62 A Voice On High
63 He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
64 Close By
65 Put My Little Shoes Away
66 Wheel Hoss
67 Cheyenne
68 You'll Find Her Name Written There
69 Roanoke
70 Let the Light Shine Down On Me
71 Used to Be
72 Tall Timber
73 Brown County Breakdown
74 A Fallen Star
75 Four Walls
76 A Good Woman's Love
77 I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World
78 Roane County Prison
79 Goodbye Old Pal
80 In Despair
81 Molly And Tenbrooks
82 Come Back to Me In My Dreams
83 Sally-Jo
84 Brand New Shoes
85 A Lonesome Road
86 Lord Lead Me On
87 Precious Jewel
88 I'll Meet You in the Morning
89 Jesus, Hold My Hand




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