Listen to Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair by Bessie Smith

Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

Bessie Smith

Blues

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Bessie Smith - Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (Audio)

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Bessie Smith

Stimme und Gesang

Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson

Klavier

Charlie Green

Posaune

Jojo Smith

Kornett

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

George Brooks

Komponist:in

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Judge, your honor, hear my plea

Before you open up your court

But I don't want no sympathy

'Cause I done cut my good man's throat

[Verse 2]

I caught him with a trifling Jane

I warned him 'bout before

I had my knife and went insane

And the rest you ought to know

[Verse 3]

Judge, judge, please Mister Judge

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge! Judge! good Mister judge

Le me go away from here

[Verse 4]

I wanna take a journey

To the devil down below

I done killed my man

I wanna reap just what I sow

[Verse 5]

Oh judge! Judge! Lordy! Lordy! Judge!

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge! Judge! Hear me, judge!

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge! Judge! Send me there, judge

I love him so dear

[Verse 6]

I cut him with my Barlow

I kicked him in the side

I stood there laughin' over him

While he wallowed 'round and died

[Verse 7]

Oh judge! Judge! Lordy! Judge!

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge! Judge! Sweet Mister judge

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Judge! Judge! Good kind judge

Burn me, 'cause I don't care

[Verse 8]

I don't want no bondsman man to go my bail

I don't want to spend no ninety-ninety years in jail

[Verse 9]

So judge, judge, good kind judge

Send me to the 'lectric chair

Written by: George Brooks

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