Murder in the First Degree

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Well, I'm layin' here in this jailhouse, scared as any fool can be Well, I'm layin' here in this jailhouse, scared as any fool can be I believe they're gonna hang me, from what my lawyer said to me My man got runnin' around with a woman he know I can't stand My man got runnin' around with a woman he know I can't stand There's one notch on my gun, and the world's rid of one triflin' man I scrubbed them pots and kettles, I washed and ironed them white folks' clothes I scrubbed them pots and kettles, I washed and ironed them white folks' clothes Any charge that I'm makin', I killed him, Judge, and that's all I know Judge, if you had killed your woman, and had to come before me If you'da killed a woman who trifled and had to come before me I'd send her to the gallows, and, Judge, would let you go free I said I ain't done nothin but killed a man what belonged to me I said I ain't done nothin but killed a man what belonged to me And here they got me charged with murder in the first degree