Early one mornin'
Children* the blues came fallin' down. (x2) [*Children said in the 1]
I was all locked up in jail
Lord I was prisoner bound
Sometimes I wonder, oooh!*
Baby*, why don't you sit down and write to me? (x2) [ooh said in the 2. Baby said in the 1]
Girl if I've been a bad fellow
Lord I did not intend to be
All last night, baby*
Girl* I just sat in my cell alone. (x2) [baby said in the 1, Girl said in the 2]
Thinkin' of my lil' baby
And my happy home
When I had my trial baby/oooh!*
You could not be found. (x2) [baby said in the 1, oooh said in the 2]
Now it's too late Ms. (?)
Lord your daddy's prisoner bound
I’m Prison Bound was written by Brownie McGhee.